The Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most famous flower shows in the world. Put on by the Royal Horticultural Society, this event is a celebration of flowers and plants. Learn more about The Chelsea Flower Show from Geeve.
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the celebration just before Ash Wednesday. It’s the day for getting out all that party fun before the penitent and serious time of Lent.
Live it up with masks, feathers, beads, parades, king cakes and more!
Oktoberfest runs from September 18 – October 3 this year. (It always ends on the first Sunday of October). Raise your beer high and have a good time during this Bavarian festival.
Squidster has a great page with everything you wanted to know about: Oktoberfest in Munich | Bavaria | Germany | Beer | Food | Costume
(Oktoberfest photo by 46137 used under CC 2.0)
Today is Hungry Ghost Festival, a traditional holiday in which the spirits of the deceased are believed to come up from the lower realm and visit the living. Offerings are given to the ghosts.
Learn more about this holiday:
Hungry Ghost Festival by draik
Today is the Tanabata Star Festival. Modern celebrations of this holiday include writing wishes on papers and hanging them on trees, in a beautiful and hopeful manner.
Learn more about this day at:
Tanabata Star Festival by Classic
Photo by Yuki Yaginuma used by permission CC 2.0
Today is one of the biggest traditional holidays of China: The Dragon Boat Festival. Jimmie has put together a great page explaining this holiday. So make some Chinese food for dinner, and gather your kids to do come Dragon Boat Festival coloring. You could even play some traditional Chinese music in the background.
The Dragon Boat Festival by Jimmie
(Photo by photophan2 used by permission CC 2.0)
Today is Qingming Festival day, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear Bright Festival, or Ancestors Day. This is a traditional Chinese festival during which celebrants honor their ancestors.
Learn more about Tomb Sweeping Day from drs2biz.
Holi is an Indian spring celebration of color. Celebrated with bonfires and rubbing on very colorful dry powders, or throwing the colors diluted in water.
Lisadh experienced Holi Festival in India a few years ago: India Holi Festival.
Holi hai.
(Photo by Sukanto Debnath used under CC 2.0)
Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday. It is the day before Lent begins (which is tomorrow, Ash Wednesday). The day is marked with celebration, much like Carnival, before the more somber season of Lent.
Costumes, masks, coins, King Cakes, beads, purple, gold, green, …
Of course New Orleans comes to mind with its great festivities, but Mardi Gras is celebrated worldwide.
Mardi Gras Posters Gallery by TylaMac
Crafts for Kids – Mardi Gras Crafts by Pastiche
(Photo by redfilter25)
Happy Chinese New Year! 2010 is the Year of the Tiger.
Today begins the Chinese New Year celebration, which marks the change of the lunar year.
Learn more:
Chinese New Year by Jimmie
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