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Afestivalconsistsofagroupofpeoplehavingthetimeoftheir lives.Butwhatwehavehere,
aren’t your typical, everyday,WhiteChristmas Festivals or ChineseNewYear festivities.
We’retalkingaboutmonstrousgalasthathavegatheredmillionsfromaroundtheworld.A
timefordrinking, dancing, debaucherybutmostofall, it’satimeof celebration.Addthese
wild festivals to your bucket list and experience life theway it should be livedwhich is a
life filledwith fun, adventure and laughter.
The Holi Festival of India
When: March 6, 2015.
Where: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and other
Hindu regions of theworld.
Holi is also known as the Festival of
Colours. The streets are taken over by
a sea of people dressed in white but
armed with coloured powder, water guns
filled with dye and balloons of paint.
No aunt, grandmother or child is safe
from the colourful attacks of the spirited
crowd. What started out as a symbolic
event to mark the victory of devotion
and devotee over evil spirits, has now
taken on a kaleidoscopic life of its own.
Millions of tourists travel to get a piece of
the vibrant action, and those who can’t fly
thousands of miles to India, opt to have
mini celebrations in their own backyards.
Whatever you do, wherever you splash,
just remember to BYOD (bring your own
dye).
The Oktoberfest
When: Last weeks of September to the first weekend
inOctober
Where: Munich, Germany
A wedding that sparked a global drinking festival is the
kind of wedding you want to attend. When Bavarian
Crown Prince Ludwig got married, he did it with race
horses and a crowd of onlookers. The jamboree was
such a success that 200 over years later, it’s morphed
into today’s ribald party. The cold brewed, gold nectar is
savoured by more than six million beer lovers, sitting at
long tables in huge tents with girls serving up large jugs
in enticing outfits. Apart from large jugs, the festival’s
diet includes lots of chicken, plenty of pork and some
oxen; all typical German bar bites. There is so much
beer here, that it’s estimated that over USD$96, 178,
668 worth of it is served every day during the festival.
The only way to get your beer is to be seated and to pay
with tokens. However, as you get more drunk, the rules
get harder to follow. Remember to train your bladder,
because your vulnerable pee break would be a vulture’s
opportunity to take your precious spot at the beer tables.
Festival of Festivals