Cultural Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on Cultural Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 141 Cultural Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Our Featured Cultural Festivals

Day of the Dead - El Dia de Los Muertos (All Areas, Mexico)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Bizarre
Month: November

Early each November Mexican's the width and breadth of the country pack a hamper and head to the cemetery to celebrate el dia de los muertos, the day of the dead. And yep, I said celebrate.

Far from being a sombre affair, day of the dead festivities are round-the-clock celebrations of the lives of those family members that have passed before them. Families gather, food is shared, tequila is downed, cigars are smoked - as far as Mexican celebrations go, it doesn't get much bigger.

Kumbh Mela - Allahabad (Allahabad, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: January

Marvel as millions (70 million over the 45 days of the Ardh Kumbh Mela) of Hindus come together for the largest, most colourful gathering in the world, Kumbh Mela. Four times every 12 years this mass Hindu Pilgrimage rotates between four locations in India: Allahabad (Prayag) at the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, Haridwar on the Ganga River, Ujjain along the Kshipra River and Nashik on the Godavari River. It truly is a spectale beyond scope and a once in a lifetime event for anyone who attends, regardless of religion.

Cultural Festivals

A Turkish Sunnet (Ortaca, Turkey)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Community
Month: Year Round
Aloha Festivals Floral Parade (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Floral, Cultural
Month: September
Andong Mask Dance Festival (Hahoe, South Korea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: October
Antipodes Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Community, Cultural
Month: May
April Fair - Feria de Abril (Seville, Spain)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Party
Month: April
Araquio Festival (Nueva Ecija, Philippines)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Performing Art
Month: May
At Chabysh (Issyk Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan)
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Animal, Cultural
Month: November
Australian Italian Festival (Ingham, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Community
Month: May
Berlin International Beer Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Festival Types: Beer, Party, Cultural
Month: August
Black Christ Festival (Portobelo, Panama)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: October
Bonn Chroat Preah Nongkoal - Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Harvest, Traditional, Cultural
Month: May
Bonn Pchum Ben - Spirits of the Dead Festival (All Areas, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Religious
Month: October
Borobudur Sunrise (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Historical
Month: Year Round
Boun Khao Padabdin (Vientiane, Laos)
Festival Types: Traditional, Religious, Cultural
Month: August
Brick Lane Festival (London, England)
Festival Types: Cultural, Food and Drink, Multicultural
Month: September
Budha's Birthday (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: May
Cape Town Minstrel Carnival (Cape Town, South Africa)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Cultural
Month: January
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival (Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: July
Coming of Age Day - Seijin No Hi (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: January
Contemporary Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Cultural, Photography
Month: November
Creole Festival (Mahe, Seychelles)
Festival Types: Music - Creole, Dance - Folk, Cultural
Month: October
Cultural Festivals of Papua New Guinea (All Areas, Papua New Guinea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Indigenous, Traditional
Month: September
Diwali - Festival of Lights (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: October
Doha Cultural Festival (Doha, Qatar)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: March
Doll Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: March
Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival (Alamos, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Art, Cultural
Month: January
Dublin Irish Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
Festival Types: National, Cultural, Family
Month: July
Duckstein Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Performing Art, Cultural
Month: July
Durga Puja (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: September
Ecuador Festivals (All Areas, Ecuador)
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Eisa Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: August
Feast of St. Anthony (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Traditional, Religious, Cultural
Month: June
Festas de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Cultural, Street Parade, Family
Month: June
Festival au Desert (Timbuktu, Mali)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Music - African
Month: January
Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg, Canada)
Festival Types: Historical, Cultural, Music - Varied
Month: February
Festival on the Niger (Segou, Mali)
Festival Types: Cultural, Environmental, Music - African
Month: February
Florentine Genius (Florence, Italy)
Festival Types: Cultural, Historical, Art
Month: May
Full Moon Party (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Lunar, Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
Garma Festival (Arnhem Land, NT, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Gerewol Festival (In-Gall, Niger)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
Golden Week (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: May
Guelaguetza (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Religious
Month: July
Hamauri - Beach Visiting Day (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: April
Hi Seoul Festival (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Theatre, Music - Varied
Month: May
Highland Games (Tomintoul, Scotland)
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Historic Center Festival of Mexico City (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Historical, Cultural, Traditional
Month: April
Holi - Festival of Colour (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: March
Hong Kong Festivals (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Honolulu Festival (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Festival Types: Cultural, Multicultural
Month: March
Huaylarsh (Lima, Peru)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Dance - Folk
Month: March
Imilchil Festival (Imilchil, Morocco)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Religious
Month: Varies
India Festival (Columbus, OH, USA)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Food
Month: September
International Festival of Film, Art and Culture (Asunción, Paraguay)
Festival Types: Film, Art, Cultural
Month: September
International Gypsy Festival (Glinojeck, Poland)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: February
International Istanbul Bienniale (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Cultural
Month: September
Islam Expo - London (London, England)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Religious
Month: July
Jaisalmer Desert Festival (Jaisalmer, India)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: February
Juneteenth (All Areas, USA)
Festival Types: Cultural, Multicultural, Historical
Month: June
Karwa Chauth (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: October
Khajuraho Dance Festival (Khajuraho, India)
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Khamoro - World Roma Festival (Prague, Czech Republic)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Indigenous
Month: May
KL Festival (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Cultural, Performing Art
Month: July
Krakow Jewish Culture Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Cultural, Multicultural
Month: June
Kumbha Mela - Haridwar (Haridwar, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: January
Kyev Spring International Debate Tournament (Kiev, Ukraine)
Festival Types: Cultural, Miscellaneous
Month: May
Land Diving (Pentecost Island, Vanuatu)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Cultural
Month: April
Life Education International Festival (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
Festival Types: Cultural, Community, Family
Month: August
Loi Kratong (All Areas, Thailand)
Festival Types: Traditional, Fireworks, Cultural
Month: October
Long Night of the Museums (Stuttgart, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Family, Community
Month: March
Loy Krathong (All Areas, Thailand)
Festival Types: Traditional, Fireworks, Cultural
Month: October
Mariachis in Mexico (All Areas, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Maun Festival (Maun, Botswana)
Festival Types: Art, Cultural, Music - African
Month: April
Mevlana Festival (Konya, Turkey)
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
Mexican Regional Cultural Festival (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Festival Types: Cultural, Food
Month: November
Mexico Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Cultural, Music - Varied
Month: March
Mexico's Silver Fair (Taxco, Mexico)
Festival Types: National, Art, Cultural
Month: November
Mid Autumn Lantern Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: October
Montelago Celtic Festival (Serravalle di Chienti, Italy)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Varied, Cultural
Month: August
Muscat Festival (Muscat, Oman)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: January
Museumsuferfest (Frankfurt, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Family, Art
Month: August
Nalut Spring Festival (Nalut, Libya)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: March
Natchi Fire Festival (Nachi, Japan)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: July
National Voodoo Day (Ouidah, Benin)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: January
New France Festival - Les Fetes de la Nouvelle France (Quebec, Canada)
Festival Types: Historical, Cultural
Month: August
New Zealand International Arts Festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Cultural, Music - Varied
Month: November
Night of the Museums - Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Family
Month: April
Noche de San Juan (La Coruna, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Fireworks
Month: June
North Norway Festival (Harstad, Norway)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Varied, Performing Art
Month: June
Obon (Okinawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: August
Obon and Eisa Festivals (Okinawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Family, Cultural
Month: August
Onam (Kerala, India)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Harvest
Month: August
Phimai Festival (Phimai, Thailand)
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Family
Month: November
Pongal Festival (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Harvest, Traditional, Cultural
Month: January
Queens Birthday at Buckingham Palace (London, England)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: June
Radacini Fest - Sapanta (Sapanta, Romania)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Raksha Bandhan (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Religious
Month: August
Rarotonga School Cultural Festival (Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: April
Rath Yatra (All Areas, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: June
Reus Summer Festival (Reus, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Community
Month: June
Rome Summer Festival (Rome, Italy)
Festival Types: Cultural, Performing Art, Music - Varied
Month: June
Schaferlauf Festival (Markgroeningen, Germany)
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day (All Areas, Ireland)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Singapore Lantern Festival (Singapore City, Singapore)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels (All Areas, Ireland)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
Summer Festival of El Vendrell (Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Summer, Traditional, Cultural
Month: July
Summer Festival of Reus (Reus, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Community
Month: June
Sunrise at Varanasi Ghats (Varanasi, India)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
Surin Elephant Festival (Surin, Thailand)
Festival Types: Traditional, Animal, Cultural
Month: November
Taiwan Lantern Festival (Pingshi, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: February
Taiwan Lantern Festivals (All Areas, Taiwan)
Festival Types: New Year, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Tanabata Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: July
Taste of Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Festival Types: Food, Food and Drink, Cultural
Month: October
Ten Days on the Island (All Areas, TAS, Australia)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Cultural, Music - Varied
Month: March
Tet Nguyen Dan (All Areas, Vietnam)
Festival Types: New Year, Traditional, Cultural
Month: January
Teuila Festival (Apia, Samoa)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Dance - Folk
Month: August
Thai Culture and Food Festival - Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Cultural, Food, Multicultural
Month: March
Thanksgiving (All Areas, USA)
Festival Types: Traditional, Historical, Cultural
Month: November
The Dance of the Horned Man (Cornella del Terri, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Dance - Folk, Cultural
Month: April
The Dreaming Festival (Woodford, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: June
The Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc (Montblanc, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Medieval, Traditional, Cultural
Month: April
The Festivals of Thailand (All Areas, Thailand)
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
The Festivals of Valls (Valls, Catalonia, Spain)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Bizarre
Month: Year Round
The Long Walk (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Cultural, Walks
Month: May
Tollwood Festival (Munich, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Performing Art, Music - Varied
Month: June
Tsechu Festival (Paro, Bhutan)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, National
Month: April
Tufi Cultural Festival (Tufi, Papua New Guinea)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Turks and Caicos Music and Cultural Festival (Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Cultural, Music - Creole
Month: July
Two Up in Kalgoorlie (Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia)
Festival Types: Traditional, National, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Up Helly Aa (Shetland Islands, Scotland)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Historical
Month: January
Valley of the Arts (Kapolcs, Hungary)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Cultural
Month: August
Vegetarian Festival (Phuket, Thailand)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Cultural, Religious
Month: October
Vodou Festival (Gonaives, Haiti)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Whirling Dervishes Festival (Konya, Turkey)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
White Night in Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Cultural, Music - Varied
Month: September
William Inge Theatre Festival (Independence, KS, USA)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Cultural
Month: April
World Expo 2010 (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Science
Month: May
Wurstfest (New Braunsfels, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Cultural, Multicultural, Party
Month: November
Yaamma Festival (Bourke, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: October
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