Also known as the “Flower Festival”, the Panagbenga Festival celebrates the blooming season of the Filippino city and commemorates the victims of the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The month long celebration features several events and acitivites including parades, floats adorned in native flowers, street dancing, marching bands and food stalls.
Welcoming the arrival of spring with a war of rainbow powder and water balloons is Holi, the festival of colors. Celebrated all over India as well as Sri Lanka and Nepal, Holi is a fun and open cultural event, inviting everyone to participate in having a joyous time together.
Celebrated from the end of March to the beginning of May in Japan, Hanami is the flower viewing festival where people gather outdoors and have picnics to admire the cherry blossom trees. Translated from its Japanese kanji, Hanami means "to view flowers" or "watching blossoms".
Chaand Raat marks the last day of fasting during the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr. Translated as “Night of the Moon” in English, the religious holiday involves familes and friends coming together to try to spot the new moon and break their fast. The full moon signifies the Islamic month of Shawwaland the arrival of the Eid holiday.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in several countries with a large Chinese and Vietnamese population such as Hong Kong, China and Vietnam. The cultural holiday celebrates the end of the Autumn Harvest and the tradition of moon worship.
The two festivals of Yi Peng and Loy Krathong are celebrated together in a day of multiple processions. Traditionally reserved for Buddhists and monks, the festival represents spiritual cleansing and the start of new beginnings.
