Festive Jubilance

Kartika Poornima (Kartika purnima) is the Hindu, Jain and Sikh holy festival, celebrated on the Purnima (full moon) day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartika (November–December). It is also known as Tripuri Poornima and Tripurari Poornima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali orRead More

La Tomatina is the food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near to the Valencia in Spain, the town located 30 kilometres from the Mediterranean, in which the participants throw the tomatoes andRead More

Amsterdam Pride is the citywide gay festival held annually at the centre of the Amsterdam during the first weekend of August. During the first weekend of August, Amsterdam is briefly transformed into Capital of Happiness and Love during the Gay Pride event. ItRead More

The Grape Throwing Festival is held annually during the last weekend in the September in the wine-growing village of Binnissalem, Mallorca. The festival celebrates the grape harvest and the main attractions include the grape-stomping competition, grape-throwing fight and lots of fun. Although theRead More

Holika Dahan is an extremely popular tradition and is celebrated with fervour all across the country and is symbolic of triumph of good over evil. There are numerous legends associated with this ancient tradition and it is difficult to pin-point as to whenRead More

Fantasy Fest is a street party held annually in the last week of October in Key West, Florida. The first Fantasy Fest was held in 1979 when two local businessmen, Tony Falcone and the late Bill Conkle, organized a party to stimulate business.Read More

Burning Man is the festival that happens every year at the Black Rock Desert in the northern Nevada, in the United States. It last the week and it starts on the last Monday in August, and ends on the first Monday in SeptemberRead More