Thanksgiving Day USA

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the USA. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November and traditionally began as a celebration to give thanks for the harvest for the year. It is one of the major holidays in the United States along with Christmas and the New Year holidays.

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Day of the Dead – Mexico

Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is a holiday on the 1st and 2^nd November in Mexico celebrating the souls of friends and family who have died. This holiday is seen as an important heritage of Mexican culture as it is said that this celebration began as far back as the Aztecs.

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Ghosts, Ghouls and Goblins! It’s Almost Halloween!

Halloween is celebrated on the 31^st October every year and is also known as ‘All Saints’ Eve’ or ‘All Hallows’ Eve’. It is a secular celebration but has roots in Christianity and Paganism. The name Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve as the 31^st October is the eve of the old Christian feast day, All Saint’s Day.

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Oktoberfest, Germany

This year, the Munich Oktoberfest held in Germany takes place from 17^th September until 3rd October 2011. Where else can you go and celebrate drinking beer en masse?! Oktoberfest is a huge annual festival with music, performances, fun fairs, great German food and of course, lots of beer drinking!

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Eid ul-Fitr 2011

Eid ul-Fitr (usually abbreviated to Eid) means ‘festival’ or ‘festivity’ in Arabic. It is a Muslim holiday that signifies the end of Ramadan which this year began on the 1st August. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting so the end of a whole month of fasting is cause for much celebration!

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La Tomatina, Spain

La Tomatina is held this year on Wednesday 31st August 2011 and is said to be the world’s biggest and most outrageous food fight! Using over-ripe tomatoes, thousands take to the streets and throw tomatoes at anyone and everyone in this tomato festival on the last Wednesday in August each year in a town called Buñol in Valencia, Spain.

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Take The Bull By The Horns And Learn Spanish!

The Pamplona Bull Run runs from 6 – 14 July every year in Pamplona, Spain.  It is known as El Encierro in Spanish and takes place as part of the Fiesta de San Fermi­n. The Running of the Bulls was made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his account of the festival in ‘The Sun Also Rises’. Read more

Festival of Lights – Diwali 2010

This year the Diwali festival will take place on Tuesday 26th October 2010. The date of the Diwali changes according to the position of the moon.

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Oktoberfest 2010

The Munich Oktoberfest held in Germany will take place from 18^th September until 3rd October 2010. It is a huge festival dedicated to lots of beer drinking! This is a particulary special year as the festival celebrates its 200th anniversary!

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¡¡Tómate un tomate en la Tomatina!!

La Tomatina is held this year on 26 August 2009 and is said to be the world’s biggest and most outrageous food fight!   Using over-ripe tomatoes, thousands take to the streets and throw tomatoes at anyone and everyone in this tomato festival on the last Wednesday in August each year in a town called Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Read more

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