The Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival is the Thai equivalent of the Rose Bowl Parade in the USA. It is a three day festival with elaborate displays, great food, and a parade.
Watch some of the amazing videos shot by allthai during the festival:
The Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival
(Chiang Mai Flower Festival photo by deevaugn)
Today begins Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition begins on December 16th and runs until January 6, and celebrates the journey of Mary and Joseph from from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
Learn more about Las Posadas at monarch13‘s lens: Mexican Festivals and Celebrations: Las Posadas.
El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries as a festival of the unity of life and death.
Coinciding with All Souls Day, el Dia de lost Muertos is November 2nd, however the festival started on October 31st.
Learn more about Dia de lost Muertos in this lens by Comfortdoc:
Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead
(photo by Esparta)
Today we celebrate Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Double Yang Festival.
Learn why the Chinese celebrate this day by wearing a spray of Dogwood, drinking Chrysanthemum Wine, and climbing hills:
Double Ninth Festival (by drs2biz)
(photo by Ezra F)
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