The Kunming International Flower Expo is held annually in Kunming, China's "City of Eternal Spring." Kunming is chosen as the site for the expo because Yunnan Province is the flower capital of China, the best place for growing flowers. The Flower Expo was established in 1995 and grown into one of the leading events of […]
This is the largest traditional sporting event in Myanmar. Celebrated each July at the Maha Muni Pagoda Compound, Mandalay, locals meet up and compete in this non-contact sport. The game consists of six team members. Each player passes the Chinlone (cane ball) without letting it touch the ground. Through this game, players wshowcase impressive acrobatic […]
From the 30th day of the sixth month to the second day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Cham people of Viet Nam celebrate the Kate Festival. Festivities take place around three ancient structures: the Po Inu Nagar Temple, the Po Klong Garai Tower, and the Po Rome Tower, around Ninh Thuan […]
On the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the Yi communities of Yunnan gather to light torches, hold fire parades and light bonfires, alongside traditional sporting events and performances. The festival commemorates a heavenly general who sacrificed his life to protect the Naxi’s grain harvest. Naxi community traditions dictate that the Torch Festival should […]
A Zhuang festival celebrated with rice dyed red. The festival's date seems to vary, it is also celebrated at the beginning of the sixth month or the beginning of the seventh month. At Wenshan Festival held according to lunar calendar on 24th day of 6th month
The lunar seventh month is known as the Ghost Month, where the spirits come to visit the living. At the beginning of the lunar seventh month, the gates of the underworld open and the spirits come to visit the living, on the full moon day the spirits return to the underworld. Festival held according to […]
A pretty spectacular display of night-time dragon dance. The village has two dragon troupes, one starts off from the Benzhu Temple, the other from the Buddhist Temple. Festival held according to lunar calendar on 11th day of 7 month. The earliest this happens is on the 9th, depending on the weather it can be delayed […]
Every rice-eating people in the world has a special occasion to celebrate rice harvest. For Wa people living in Cangyuan and Ximeng, it's called New Rice Festival (Xinmijie), usually held in late September or early October, when people will prepare a large banquet to sample newly-harvested rice and enjoy themselves with all kinds of folk […]
Vu Lan Feast is one of the main festivals in Buddhism (Mahayana), originating in China but celebrated in Vietnam since the 11th century. Source: izitour.com Photo by izitour.com
This celebration lasts for eight days and is celebrated in Amarapura, Mandalay every August. This festival involves a huge gathering of spirit mediums who intend to honour Nat (spirits). Several rituals are conducted and the mediums are believed to be posessed by the Nats. This festival is also a tribute to the Goddess of Popa […]
The Mountain Pilgrimage Festival (Zhuanshanjie) on the 25th day of the 7th lunar month marks the Mosuo circumambulation of their holy Gemu Mountain (Gemu Nushen Shan). Festivities include religious activities like chanting and burning incense, family gatherings, folk performances and sporting events. This is the tail-end of wet season, so the weather is usually mild […]
