National Festivals

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11 festival article(s) returned for National Festivals

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Article Title: Gallipoli

Festival Name: ANZAC Day

Festival Country: Turkey

Festival Type(s): Remembrance, Historical, National

One paragraph described the digger's leap from the landing boat and dash across the beach and up the hills to meet up with his unit. In his own words he described the landing as 'glorious fun'.

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Article Title: Loves, Labours, Laos

Festival Name: Boat Racing Festival

Festival Country: Laos

Festival Type(s): National, Party

Every year, in the end of October, Luang Prabang is a town of celebration. They have a boat races on the river followed by a big party and dance. The day after that, the townspeople have a ceremonial feeding of the monks with offerings of food. Then, the following night, culminating and coinciding with the full moon, there's a lantern festival.

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Article Title: Canada Day in London

Festival Name: Canada Day

Festival Country: England

Festival Type(s): National, Historical, Party

Canadians seldom get vocal about much. There are loads of us in London but we never make ourselves known like our fellow Aussie and Kiwi working holidaymakers. A big reason for that could be that we don't have many events in London to support, but when July 1st rolls around, Canadians flock to the Maple Leaf pub in Covent Garden to show their patriotism.

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Article Title: The Common Ridings of the Scottish Border

Festival Name: Common Ridings - Hawick

Festival Country: Scotland

Festival Type(s): Traditional, National, Party

For centuries the Scottish border towns of Hawick, Jedburgh, Lauder and Selkirk have been keeping a watchful eye on their southern neighbours, the ever-so-meddlesome English. In years past these Common Ridings of the Scottish border were horseback patrols to ensure those southerners knew where their boundary ended and the Scottish frontier began.

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Article Title: The Festivals (Fiestas) of Ecuador

Festival Name: Ecuador Festivals

Festival Country: Ecuador

Festival Type(s): National, Traditional, Cultural

Music, parades, dressing up, beauty contests, dancing in the streets, drinking, feasting, bull fighting, cock fighting, firecrackers - the Ecuadorians love a good party and there's nothing like a fiesta to generate the right mood.

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Article Title: Viva Mexico! Viva!

Festival Name: Fiestas Patrias - Independence Day in Mexico

Festival Country: Mexico

Festival Type(s): National, Historical, Party

It's September 15, but it looks more like Christmas on the Paseo de Reforma, all decked out in red, green and white banners and flags as Mexico City readies itself for Fiestas Patrias, Independence Day, the biggest fiesta of the year.

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Article Title: Taxco - Mexico's Silver Fair

Festival Name: Mexico's Silver Fair

Festival Country: Mexico

Festival Type(s): National, Art, Cultural

Located 185 km southwest of Mexico City, in the northern Guerrero State, the streets of Taxco (Tahs-co) are lined with silver--silver jewelry, that is. In 1953 to honor the silver artisans, Mexico's President declared the last Saturday in November through the first Sunday in December National Silver Day.

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Article Title: Flowers, Floats, and Fun: The Festivals of Thailand

Festival Name: The Festivals of Thailand

Festival Country: Thailand

Festival Type(s): National, Traditional, Cultural

Hardly a fortnight goes by in Thailand without some kind of celebration, traditional or otherwise. This is not an exaggeration. The Thais celebrate their royal family, flowers, departed kings, their constitution, Buddhism, children, teachers, fruit, and elephants. They celebrate three new years. And, during their most unabashedly gleeful holiday, Song Kran, they even celebrate being soaking wet.

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Article Title: Two Up in Kalgoorlie

Festival Name: Two Up in Kalgoorlie

Festival Country: Australia

Festival Type(s): Traditional, National

It's a well-known fact that Australians will bet on anything. Two flies climbing a wall will attract a bet on which one will reach a particular position first. There's also a well-known Australian pastime of dividing a sports-field into a number of squares and letting a cow loose after priming it with large amounts of food. Punters then select a square and place their bets.

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Article Title: Vappu - Finland's Carnival

Festival Name: Vappu

Festival Country: Finland

Festival Type(s): Traditional, Party, National

Finland's Carnival-style celebration of Vappu is one of Europe's best kept party secrets as hundreds of thousands take to the streets of Helsinki to usher in Spring

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Article Title: Roach Racin'

Festival Name: World Championship Cockroach Racing

Festival Country: Australia

Festival Type(s): Sport - Bizarre, National, Bizarre

Only in Australia would they celebrate their national holiday by racing cockroaches. Yes, that's right I'm talking about those pooey brown, hairy legged, skin crawling, under the fridge indulgers and lights out kitchen partiers that infest much of the land Down Under.

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