There's something going on somehwhere on the planet every single day! And here are some of tjhe world's most fascinating festivals, celebrations, festivals, competitions, and other events. 


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15 Ways to Celebrate Christmas in Dubai

  Wirestock In the United Arab Emirates Islam is of course the main religion, but Dubai especially is a world city, with many non-Muslim residents, and has embraced the more secular trappings of the Yuletide season making them a vibrant part of Dubai in December. Here are 15 excellent examples: read post  

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Celebrating St. Patrick´s Day in Dublin

  MediaProductions Every March 17th, the 5th-century Romano-British missionary who converted the Celts to Christianity, then became a bishop and eventually Irland´s patron saint is celebrated in more countries than any other national holiday, and of course it has special weight and significance here, where it´s a public holiday as well as a cultural and religious one. And if you happen to be visiting on this special day, you´re in for a treat, with various forms of festivities shamrocking the…

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5 of Spain´s special New Year´s traditions

  jacinta lluch valero We Spaniards love to ring out the old and ring in the new as much as anyone else on the planet. And whilst we of course share many NYE practices with the rest of the world (at least the Western world, I guess), there are several which are fairly unique to our country – and here´s a quirky quintet of them: read post

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  • Hi everyone, if you're in Los Angeles this weekend, check out the Dia de los Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Here's an article I wrote about it:
    http://bit.ly/doPqty
    “Día de Los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
    Hollywood Forever Celebrates “Día de Los Muertos”…
  • Check out these great lodging deals for Telluride Blues & Brews - for more information on the festival, go to www.tellurideblues.com
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    The Peaks Resort & Spa is Telluride’s premiere full-service resort hotel. The property includes 177 beautifully appointed guest rooms including 32 suites, as well as 14 penthouse condominiums and 30 two, three, four and five bedroom mountainside cabins – all with astounding mountain views. The resort offers slopeside access in the winter and is the home to the Pro Shop for the Telluride Golf Club championship course. Onsite dining includes Palmyra at The Peaks, the Great Room, The Lift and Deep End Grill (summer only), as well as in-room private dining.

    The onsite Spa at The Peaks Resort, at 42,000 sq. ft., is the largest spa in Colorado. The Spa features 32 treatment rooms and a variety of relaxing and rejuvenating signature treatments. The Spa also encompasses a full service salon, fully-equipped fitness center including Pilates and yoga studios, certified fitness instructors providing a variety of private and group classes, three-lane lap pool with Telluride's only indoor water slide, indoor climbing wall, gender specific steam rooms, saunas and Roman tubs, and indoor-outdoor heated pool and hot tubs. www.thepeaksresort.com
  • Have any of you heard of the Festival in the Desert (Festival du Desert in French)?

    It is a traditional event near the mythical city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. Created by the Tuareg tribes to celebrate their rich cultural heritage and to sort out any differences over a nice glass of tea, this festival has now become World renowned for its uniqueness and big music names such as Amadou & Mariam, Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Toure and Bassekou Touyate!

    Here is one of our newest listings on West Africa Discovery, a 20 day country tour of Mali including a traditional boat cruise on the Niger River allowing you to experience the slow paced life of the river-folk and a trip down to the Sotuh of Mali, home to the mystical Dogon tribe who are said to worship the Sirius Star.

    If your interested in learning more about this, click here or email us on info@westafricadiscovery.co.uk
  • Check out this summer's big doings in Vail, Colorado, USA, described this week on the Tripatini blog.
    blog.TRIPATINI.COM
  • Please visit AfricanDiasporaTourism.com, a web journal about culture and heritage tourism in places of the African Diaspora worldwide. Let me know what you think and sign up for the mailing list to stay in the loop. We could use some exciting carnival and festival info.
    Thanks,
    Kitty
  • Hi all, check out our blog about West African festivals... http://wadiscovery.blogspot.com/2010/04/west-africa-festivals-move-... we also list a few festival ideas on the website www.westafricadiscovery.co.uk. Music, tradition and awesome experiences!
    West Africa festivals: move aside Glastonbury!
    Music has always been part of the commonly shared culture found in the geographical region of west Africa, and the region has produced, in m...
  • Don't forget Telluride Blues & Brews. www.tellurideblues.com
  • THe Tripatini blog visits the unique Quebec Winter Carnival -- check it out!
    blog.TRIPATINI.COM
  • Hey, please check-out Canada's top Shakespeare festival:
    http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/

    Further, one of Canada's top summer music festivals is celebrating it's 10th year this coming season, 'Stratford Summer Music': http://www.stratfordsummermusic.ca/

    Lastly, new to Stratford is a great weekend foodie festival of note, called 'Savour Stratford': http://www.savourstratford.com/
  • A sample of the late-afternoon Halloween scene on South Beach's famed Lincoln Road pedestrian mall. Lots of cute toddlers, ripped bods, and everyone's favorite, dogs in costume!

    Find more videos like this on Tripatini
    Video shot and edited on the amazingly simple FLIP, available in the Tripatini Boutique!
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