Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan
Date: Jan. 31-Feb. 11
The snow festival is one of the largest winter events, featuring massive snow structures and attracting tourists from around the world. Started in 1950, the festival is held at three main sites — Odori Park, Susukino and Tsudome. It also conducts a beauty contest to crown the Susukino Queen of Ice.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, California, US
Dates: April 10-12; April 17-19
This annual music and arts festival, held at the Empire Polo Club, is one of the most popular music festivals in the world. The double weekend event features some of the top-billed musicians and singers from various genres of music, such as rock, indie, hip-hop and electronic dance, as well as art installations and sculptures.
Songkran, Thailand
Dates: April 13-15
The celebration marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year. The three-day festival includes parades, processions and the ritual of splashing water on each other, which is believed to wash away bad luck. The festival is equally popular among locals and tourists, who flock the country in huge numbers.
Glastonbury Festival, England
Dates: June 24-28
The music and performing arts festival was founded by dairy farmer Michael Eavis in 1970. Held in Somerset, the event runs for five days featuring contemporary music, dance, comedy, circus, and other forms of art. The festival, which marks its 50th anniversary in 2020, will see performances by Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney among others.
San Fermín, Spain
Dates: July 6-14
The festival of San Fermín is celebrated annually in Pamplona. One of the most popular traditions associated with the festival is the Running of the Bulls. Every day, fighting bulls run down a narrow, winding, fenced alley with participants racing ahead to a bull ring at the end of the route.
La Tomatina, Spain
Dates: Aug. 26
The traditional food fight festival on the last Wednesday of August has been held every year since 1945 in Buñol. It starts with thousands of participants racing together to snatch ham hung on top of a greasy pole. What follows is an hour of tomato-throwing pandemonium, although the origins of the tomato fight appear to be lost to posterity.
Concurs de Castells, Spain
Concurs de Castells is the ultimate exhibition of teamwork as people from all walks of life gather in Tarragona to construct human towers. The teams participating in the competition are judged in their three best attempts out of five. Apart from the thrill and excitement of watching gigantic human towers, revelers can enjoy local culture as displayed in parades, music and dance festivals, concerts and street performances.
Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea
People from across the country and thousands of tourists descend on the city of Boryeong to immerse themselves in the mineral-rich mud found in this region which, it is claimed, is an effective beauty treatment. The festival involves a variety of activities ranging from wrestling to mud painting. It also offers an impressive lineup of entertainment events, including music performances and dance competitions.
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