Cultural Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on Cultural Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 135 Cultural Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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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

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 Chroat Preah Nongkoal - Royal Ploughing Ceremony Photos

Bonn Pchum Ben - Spirits of the Dead Festival (All Areas, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Religious
Month: October

Bonn Pchum Ben - Spirits of the Dead Festival Photos

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

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival Website

Coming of Age Day - Seijin No Hi (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: January

Coming of Age Day - Seijin No Hi Article

Contemporary Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Photography, Cultural
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

Cultural Festivals of Papua New Guinea Video

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

Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival Article

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

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

Historic Center Festival of Mexico City Article

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 Festival of Film, Art and Culture Website

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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

International Istanbul Bienniale Website

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

Kyev Spring International Debate Tournament Website

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

Life Education International Festival Photos

Life Education International Festival Website

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

Mexican Regional Cultural Festival Photos

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

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 France Festival - Les Fetes de la Nouvelle France Article

New France Festival - Les Fetes de la Nouvelle France Photos

Night of the Museums - Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Family
Month: April

Night of the Museums - Frankfurt Website

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

Queens Birthday at Buckingham Palace Photos

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

Rarotonga School Cultural Festival Video

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

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

St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels Article

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

Thai Culture and Food Festival - Melbourne Photos

Thai Culture and Food Festival - Melbourne Website

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 Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc Article

The Festival of Sant Jordi at Montblanc Photos

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

Turks and Caicos Music and Cultural Festival Website

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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