Corigliano Rossano, ITALY – Colorful floats, streamers and costumes that recalled the ancient...
Category - Holidays
It’s the Year of the Dragon
The 龍山寺, or Lungshan Temple, is a Buddhist temple built in 1740. People go there to worship and...
Burning up the Old Year in Bogotá
Bogotá, COLOMBIA – As the new year begins with brightly colored fireworks and the joyful sounds of...
‘Io, Saturnalia!’ Chester, UK celebrates its own...
Chester, UK – People in Chester, England gathered Thursday for the city’s annual Saturnalia...
It’s time to re-think Guy Fawkes Night
Chester, UK – For more than 400 years, Great Britain has celebrated “Guy Fawkes Night” on the 5th...
Carnival, Brazil’s wildest party, is not for everyone
Maringá, BRAZIL– It’s Carnival time in Brazil, which means people are celebrating one of our...
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes Tet and the Year of the Cat
It’s the Year of the Cat in Vietnam. (Arisu Babakhani/YJI) Ho Chi Minh City celebrates Lunar...
For a peaceful new year, Brazilians wear white
Maringa, BRAZIL – “Ho, ho, ho” is what the western part of the world was listening to during the...