Top 10 Festivals Around The World That You Must Visit Before You Die ...

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The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and
considered the biggest carnival in the world with 2 million people per day on the streets. The first
festivals of Rio date back to 1823. The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats and
adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio.

Fun, frolic, dance and lots of tomatoes - this is one festival you absolutely cannot miss. Participants
throw tomatoes at each other and ride down those tomato-streaked slides having the time of their
lives. Be it tomato fights or the enormous water showers that follow, la tomatina is one event that
gets you dancing and engaging in unlimited fun.

Its a festival that witnesses thousands of sky lanterns light over Pingxi District in Taiwan. It was
originally celebrated to ward of evil and disease from the town. The Taipei Pingshi Sky Lanterns
were released originally to let others know that the town was safe. These lanterns are decorated
with wishes and images relating to the owner and finally they're released off into the sky together
magically decorating the sky into a sanctuary of lights.

Holi (होली) is a colourful and happy Hindu holiday celebrated primarily in India on the last full moon
of the lunar month of Phalguna at the end of the winter season. It falls in either late February or
early March. It is also known as the Festival of Colours.

Oktoberfest is the world's largest beer festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
It is a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October with
more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year. The
event is all about beer, beer and only beer. Imagine being surrounded by those traditional
huge glasses of beer and serving them are the beautiful and sensational waitresses. Its a
party well endowed!

Songkran Water is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April.

The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival
night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika.
In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November.
Diwali (or Deepavali, the "festival of lights") is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn
(northern hemisphere) or spring (southern hemisphere) every year

Amsterdam Pride or Amsterdam Gay Pride is a citywide gay-festival held annually at the center
of Amsterdam during the first weekend of August. The festival attracts several hundred-thousand
visitors each year and thus one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam Pride is a citywide gay-festival held annually at the center of Amsterdam during the
first weekend of August.

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly festival of hot air balloons that takes place
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USAduring early October. The Balloon Fiesta is a nine day event, and
has over 500 balloons each year. The event is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world.[1]
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly festival of hot air balloons that takes place
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA during early October. The Balloon Fiesta is a nine day event,
and has around 750 balloons. The event is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world. Once
the balloons are let off, they paint the sky with their vibrant colors and hues making it a beautiful
sight to look at.

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of
Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date
of Saint Patrick. It is named after Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints
of Ireland.