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Clear filtersBon Om Touk - the Cambodian water festival, when racing boats and candle offerings fill the Tonle Sap
Bon Om Touk, the Cambodian Water Festival, marks the reversal of the Mekong flood in the twelfth lunar month. Hundreds of thousands gather in Phnom Penh to race long low-slung racing boats and float candle offerings on the Tonle Sap.
Dashain - the fifteen-day Nepalese autumn festival that ends with red tika on Vijayadashami
Dashain is the greatest festival in the Nepalese calendar, running fifteen days in the lunar month of Kartika and culminating on Vijayadashami. It opens with Ghatasthapana fire rituals to Shiva and closes with tika, shubha labh and jamara.
Chongyang Festival - the Chinese Double Ninth Festival, the festival of high places, and the celebration of the long-lived
The Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, marking the convergence of the auspicious yang number 9 and the autumn season.
Culture Day (Bunka no Hi) - November 3, Japan's 1946 Constitution anniversary
Japan's Culture Day (Bunka no Hi) on November 3 commemorates the 1946 promulgation of the postwar Constitution on Emperor Meiji's birthday and was established as a national holiday in 1948. The day features the Order of Culture awards at the Imperial Palace and the rotating Bunka no Saiten national culture festival.
Day of the Dead - November 1-2, Mesoamerican origins, and how Mexico observes it
Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos) on November 1-2 is a Mexican cultural holiday honoring deceased loved ones. Not a US federal holiday. Rooted in Mesoamerican and Catholic traditions. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2008).
Guy Fawkes Night - the Gunpowder Plot, Bonfire Night tradition, and UK observance on November 5
Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night) is observed on November 5 in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth, marking the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the House of Lords. Celebrated with bonfires, fireworks, and the burning of "guys" (effigies).
Saint Andrew's Day - November 30, Scotland's national day, and the patron saint who fishermen invoked before they were Christian
Saint Andrew's Day on November 30 is Scotland's national day, commemorating the apostle Andrew who is said to have brought Christianity to the Slavs and Scots. It is a bank holiday in Scotland only and is observed with haggis suppers, ceilidhs, and the Saltire flag.
Singles' Day - November 11, the world's largest shopping holiday and its origins in Chinese university culture
Singles' Day (Shuangshi, Guanggun Jie) on November 11 is a Chinese cultural and shopping holiday that began as an anti-Valentine's celebration among university students in the 1990s and has grown into the world's largest annual online retail event. Observed by Alibaba, JD.com, and increasingly by Western retailers; recognised in 60+ countries.
Samhain - the Gaelic beginning of winter, the festival of the dead, and the source of Halloween
Samhain is the Gaelic beginning of winter, observed on October 31-November 1 in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. The festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and is the traditional time when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest.