Located on the western shore of the South Korean peninsula, Daecheon Beach is a beautiful spot for swimming... AND it is home to the annual Boryeong Mud Festival (http://www.worknplay.co.kr/buryeongsites/buryeong.html), which is held for two weeks every July.
On the banks of the Atlantic Ocean, one weekend in June each year is the Belmar Seafood Festival. All the local seafood restaurants show their stuff as they serve up the best is lobster, crab, shrimp, clams and local delicacies.
A Hindu man showing his dedication to Murukan with a large piercing through his mouth.
The Chinese Lantern Festival is a nightly celebration of Chinese culture in Toronto, Canada. This is the largest Chinese festival held outside of China and its a must see.
The Berbena de Sant Joan (the Feast of St. John) is a wild celebration in Spain, particularly in Barcelona--and the Catalans go all-out with a firework-filled night of reveling.
300 elephants a mile from buffet tables loaded with their favorite foods: Some call it a parade, I experienced something far more exhilarating.
The Coachella Music and Arts Festival is a festival that takes place the last weekend in April in a lush polo fields surrounded by the mountains and desert of the Coachella Valley. It features three days of music and art with 5 stages and around 150 bands
In this beautiful festival, the people of Thailand create their own starry sky.
Rising Angolan literary star Ondjaki talks about his work, a typical Angolan library experience, and, for a moment, politics, at the recent writers festival in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Every year in February a Brasilian Carnaval is organised in Groningen. Nob it's not the real 'Rio de Janairo' - deal but still...
In February it is still winter in the Netherlands, temperatures can drop below zero.