More and more foreign festivals have been integrated into our lives. Have you started celebrating? Valentine's Day? Halloween? Christmas?
Actually, there are far more festivals abroad than just that! Some festivals are so fun beyond imagination that people must experience them once in their lives. !
What are the specific fun festivals? Today I will take you to find out.
1. German Oktoberfest
The largest and most famous folk festival in Germany is the Munich October Festival (M?nchener Oktoberfest), also called the Wiesn Festival. More than six million tourists flock to Theresienwiese every year, drinking large glasses of beer while nibbling pork sausages and ?8? bread. A carousel and a roller coaster were temporarily set up in the vast celebration venue, and various performances could be seen everywhere. The festivities also include an entrance parade of the host shops and breweries, a costume and band parade (Trachten-und Sch?tzenzug) and a concert by all the small Weesen bands. Many locals, including young people, dressed in traditional national costumes to participate in the Oktoberfest.
2. Chiang Mai, Thailand
Water Splashing Festival and Loy Krathong Festival
Thailand’s Water Splashing Festival is held every April 13-15, with various solemn religious ceremonies and colorful water-splashing activities.
Water Festival
The Loy Krathong Festival is held every November. Thai people make wooden boats into lotus shapes and float them in the water or on streams. At the same time, they put fragrant flowers, incense sticks, candles or It is a coin placed in the boat to show devout respect to the water god and to wash away the mistakes made in the previous year.
3. Brazil
Carnaval
Carnaval can be described as the largest and wildest party in the world. Rio is synonymous with Bacchus. Although Carnival may appear to be just five days of extravagance, from Friday to Tuesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter, Rioters start partying months in advance. The parade runs through the entire sports ground (Samb?dromo), with hundreds of drummers and melodic dancers slowly moving forward around the elaborate floats, pushing the parade to its climax. But the real climax can only be found at parties around the city. On Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays during the Carnival holiday, the Samba Parade starts at 9 pm and lasts until 6 am the next morning on the Samb?dromo, a samba avenue specially built for the parade. In front of more than 30,000 excited spectators, 14 samba schools had time to show off their charming dances. Top-ranked schools compete on Mardi Gras Sunday and Monday. The safest way to get to Samb?dromo is by taxi or metro, both of which operate 24 hours a day during Carnival.
4. Spanish Tomato Festival
The Spanish Tomato Festival (its Spanish name is: Fiestadetomate) began in 1945 and is held on the last Wednesday of August every year. It is the most famous in the world. . According to legend, one day, a small band in the city passed through the city center playing a trumpet, and the leader raised the trumpet to the sky. At this time, a group of young people had a sudden idea, grabbed tomatoes and threw them into the loudspeaker, and competed with each other to see who could throw the tomatoes in. This is the origin of the "Tomato War".
5. Spanish Running of the Bulls Festival
San Fermín Festival (Spanish: SanFerm?n), also known as the Running of the Bulls Festival. It is a traditional celebration in Pamplona, ??the capital of the Navarra Autonomous Region in Spain. It is world-famous because Ernest Hemingway's book "The Sun Also Rises" described the running of the bulls. The San Fermin Festival takes place every year from July 6th to July 14th. During the few days of the festival, six ferocious bulls chase hundreds of strong men every day along the "Running of the Bulls" through the city and straight to the bullring. The scene is extremely thrilling.
6. Japan Cherry Blossom Festival
The Japanese government designated March 15th to April 15th as the "Sakura Festival" every year. In Ueno Park, the largest park in Tokyo, the "Sakura Festival" is held every year at this time. From morning to night, day or night, enjoy the beauty of "Night Sakura". When the flower season arrives, the pink flowers pile up in the mist and stretch continuously, making the scene very spectacular.
Xiaoqujun recommends some outbound travel options for everyone today, so that everyone can feel the atmosphere of a foreign country