Fun Travel Asia and Festivities
Are you planning to travel in Asia in the next year and are looking for a fun party to attend? Well, look no further – weave research some of the more incredible Asian festivals for you to check during your travels.
Travel Asia: Pullman Carabobo Festival
You’ll probably never see a water buffalo adorned quite like this! If you travel to Pullman in the second week of May, you’ll witness the homage to the patron saint of farmers, San Isidro Labrador. Families take their prized water buffalos, scrape the dirt, shave them, anoint them with oil, then walk around the city square dressed as kings. The priests of the Asian city then kneel and ask the buffalos to bless them, promising health and good wishes for the coming year to all, including visiting travelers.
Travel Asia: Parade of the god of medicine
On the 15th day of the third lunar month, the city of Taiwan is covered by this world renowned festival, Asia – a must for travelers in the region because of its spectacular parade. At the core of the 160 temple celebration are Palo Shang Temple in Taipei and Tzu Chin in Hseuhchia. Led by a group called the centipede, the faithful present at the parade throughout the city lay on the ground on foot, as a symbolic exorcising of their demons.
Travel in Asia: Rocket Festival Basotho
In mid-May, things get very noisy for Asian travelers Thane Playa Park in Thailand. Historically, the festival began as an offering to the gods of heaven, the great explosion of rockets to encourage rainfall for rice crop growth. Today, the event has become something more than a sport, with competitions to see which rocket can fly the farthest, most of which exploded.
Travel Asia: Asik Samba
Tokyo version of the Rio Carnival happens every August, in the district Asik. Travelers to Asia and the natives are as surprised by the colorful sequined costumes and feathers of the dancing Samba girls, with their full bands marching down the street beside them.
Travel in Asia: The Festival of hungry ghosts
Hong Kong hosts this unusual yearly event, held on the 14th day of the seventh moon (sometimes in August during the full moon). The legend says that the gates of hell have been opened that day, and the dead can not rest were left to run the streets mischievously. The Land Festival Yuen, as it is called in Chinese, has natives of the city establishment paper bizarre monuments around the streets, which are then solemnly burnt on the last day.
Travel in Asia: The Monkey God Festival
The Monkey God first appeared in Chinese literature during the Ming Dynasty in the book, “Pilgrims to the West.” Since then, this deity has been celebrated in the month of September Mau Ping in Kowloon Saul Temple, by recreating a bizarre attempted execution by other the other God – which includes things like a ladder of knives, and put charcoal on the fire. Travelers to this strange Asian celebration need not be concerned, if – the monkey god lived, as the participants in this celebration.