Traditional Festivals
Welcome to 2camels' special take on Traditional Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 189 Traditional Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.
Our Featured Traditional Festivals
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.
The Scots have always been a highly hospitable bunch proud of their tradition. And for the brave, what better way to see it in action than during Hogmanay - Europe’s finest celebration of the new year.
Enjoy a wee dram in a Royal Mile pub then stomp up a hill with thousands of others, torches ablaze. Follow it up the next night along with hundreds of thousands of other revellers on the streets of Edinburgh to some huge headline acts and the splendor of Edinburgh Castle as a backdrop. It don’t get much better than that! Pack a jacket.
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.
Welcome to Oktoberfest - the world's largest and most celebrated beer festival. Never been? Close your eyes and picture part Disneyland, part Bud Brewery. Oktoberfest is to the beer aficionado what Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory is to the sweet-toothed.
Rides, beer, roast chicken, beer, pretzels, beer, lederhosen, did I mention beer? Six million litres of the stuff!
Set on grounds of over 100 acres in the magnificently picturesque Bavarian city of Munich, Oktoberfest has consistently attracted in the region of six million visitors year in, year out since 1980.
So if you enjoy your sustenance in a shade of amber delivered by a voluptuous Bavarian beauty to an oompha backbeat then Oktoberfest may just be the beer fest for you.
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Party
Month: July
At noon on the seventh day of the seventh month (that's July 7th for those calendarily challenged) for a duration of seven days, the Spanish city of Pamplona plays host to the festival of San Fermin (known locally as Sanfermines and famously depicted in Hemingway's, The Sun Also Rises).
The event draws party-goers from near and far and although Sanfermines entails so much more to the locals, it's the Encierro - the daily running of the bulls - that the majority of the tourists are on hand to see. For a little over half a mile bull runners - clad in all white with red handkerchiefs tied around their necks - battle the cobbles of Santo Domingo en route to El Plaza del Toros whilst in pursuit are six, infuriated, agitated and totally disorientated toros. Injuries are numerous, since 1924 they've proven fatal for 13 protagonists.
Traditional Festivals
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Community
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Historical, Traditional, Re-enactments
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: October
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Party
Month: April
Festival Types: Community, Music - Traditional, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Religious
Month: May
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Performing Art, Theatre, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: October
Festival Types: Fireworks, Historical, Traditional
Month: November
Festival Types: Fireworks, Historical, Traditional
Month: November
Festival Types: Harvest, Traditional, Cultural
Month: May
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Religious
Month: October
Festival Types: Religious, Indigenous, Traditional
Month: October
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Traditional, Sport - Equestrian
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Sport - Bizarre, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Traditional, Lunar, New Year
Month: January
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: January
Festival Types: Traditional, Community, National
Month: June
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Indigenous
Month: July
Festival Types: Cultural, Indigenous, Traditional
Month: September
Festival Types: Bizarre, Harvest, Traditional
Month: February
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Traditional, Bizarre
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Pagan, Religious
Month: November
Festival Types: Traditional, Religious, Family
Month: November
Festival Types: Traditional, Family, National
Month: November
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: August
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Festival Types: Traditional, Animal
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Music - Folk, National, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Religious, Cultural
Month: June
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Music - African
Month: January
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Street Parade
Month: July
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional
Month: August
Festival Types: Religious, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Religious
Month: June
Festival Types: Traditional, Bizarre, Community
Month: February
Festival Types: Indigenous, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Festival Types: Animal, Traditional, Agricultural
Month: July
Festival Types: Indigenous, Historical, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: August
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional
Month: February
Festival Types: Bizarre, Food, Traditional
Month: Varies
Festival Types: Harvest, Agricultural, Traditional
Month: May
Festival Types: Traditional, Historical
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: August
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Celtic, Sport - Strength, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Historical, Cultural, Traditional
Month: April
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Sport - Martial Arts, Sport - Combat, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional
Month: March
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Sport - Bizarre
Month: August
Festival Types: Sport - Water, Traditional, Local
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Religious
Month: Varies
Festival Types: Traditional, National, Bizarre
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: Varies
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Folk
Month: July
Festival Types: Food, Traditional, Sport - Bizarre
Month: February
Festival Types: Indigenous, Harvest, Traditional
Month: September
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Sport - Combat, Traditional
Month: June
Festival Types: Kite, Traditional, Sport - Bizarre
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: January
Festival Types: Sport - Martial Arts, Sport - Combat, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Traditional, National, Sport - Equestrian
Month: November
Festival Types: Fireworks, Party, Traditional
Month: March
Festival Types: Historical, Traditional
Month: September
Festival Types: Natural Phenomenon, Traditional
Month: January
Festival Types: Religious, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: October
Festival Types: Sport - Water, Traditional, Historical
Month: June
Festival Types: Traditional, National
Month: November
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Bizarre, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Religious, Indigenous, Traditional
Month: October
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: October
Festival Types: New Year, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: January
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, National
Month: August
Festival Types: Rodeo, Traditional, National
Month: April
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: September
Festival Types: Traditional, Family, Cultural
Month: August
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: May
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: June
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: April
Festival Types: Sport - Paddling, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: September
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Community
Month: June
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Traditional, Religious
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Street Parade, Fair, Traditional
Month: April
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Sport - Bizarre, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: September
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre, Traditional
Month: May
Festival Types: Summer, Traditional, Cultural
Month: July
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Community
Month: June
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Traditional, Animal, Cultural
Month: November
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: February
Festival Types: New Year, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February
Festival Types: Traditional, Bizarre, Religious
Month: January
Festival Types: Bizarre, Religious, Traditional
Month: January
Festival Types: Traditional, Dance - Folk, Cultural
Month: April
Festival Types: Medieval, Traditional, Cultural
Month: April
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Bizarre
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Religious, Indigenous, Traditional
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Indigenous, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August
Festival Types: Traditional, National, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Historical
Month: January
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: February
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Traditional, Solstice, Party
Month: May
Festival Types: Sport - Racquet, Traditional, Party
Month: June
Festival Types: Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: November
Festival Types: Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: April






