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Cultural festivals around the world 2024
If you dream of travelling in the new year, there’s plenty of opportunity to experience cultural, religious and national events around the world. 2024 offers a host of fantastic experiences from traditional celebrations to colourful festivals. We’ve put together a selection of cultural festivals around the world here. Rio Carnival...
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The Vietnamese New Year
Colourful parades, fireworks shows, lavish holiday dinners and family get-togethers are some of the ingredients that make the Vietnamese New Year’s celebration what it is. The Vietnamese New Year, Tet – as the New Year’s celebration is known, is in many ways a mix of our Christmas and New Year’s....
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African Christmas traditions
Christmas in Africa is celebrated in many different traditions, and many of them are actually reminiscent of the traditions we have back home. How about decorating a cypress tree in Kenya? Or singing Christmas songs in the botanical gardens of Cape Town? The biggest difference between African Christmas and our...
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Do they celebrate Christmas in Asia?
Christmas is usually associated with being a Christian – and not least Western – event. In spite of this, Christmas is celebrated today in many Asian countries and with distinctive Christmas traditions as the main ingredient. But how is Christmas celebrated in Asia? Read about the unique Christmas traditions you’ll...
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Mexican Independence Day
Parades, dancing, celebration and fireworks. The Mexican flag can be seen on buildings and in public squares across all cities. Several spots feature flower decorations in the colours red, white and green – the colours of the Mexican flag. Calls of “Viva Mexico – viva la independencia” can be heard...
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