Asian Geographic - 09.2018

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TIMELINE

Festival Highlights

of 2018

You r guide to the many colourful and

unique festivals taking place across Asia

for the rest of the year

kyrgyzstan

SEP

2–8

WORLD NOMAD

GAMES

Eighty countries

compete in sports

like arm wrestling,

horseback archery

and sambo

india

SEP

2

KRISHNA

JANMASHTAMI

Annual Hindu

festival

celebrating the

birth of Krishna

india

SEP

13–23

GANESH

CHATURTHI

A 10-day

Hindufestival

honouring

Ganesha

georgia

OCT 7

TBILISOBA

A celebration of

thediversity

and history of

the country’s

capital, Tbilisi

south korea

SEP

23–25

CHUSEOK

A major harvest

festival held around

the autumn equinox

cambodia

OCT 8

PCHUM BEN

A 15-day religious

festival during

which Cambodians

pay their respects to

their ancestors with

food oferings

thailand

OCT

8–17

PHUKET

VEGETARIAN

FESTIVAL

The Nine Emperor

Gods Festival,

during the ninth

lunar month of the

Chinese calendar,

celebrating

the Chinese

community’s

practice of

abstinence from

meat and various

stimulants

bhutan

SEP

19–21

THIMPHU TSECHU

A three-day religious

festival during

which Buddhists

meditate and

cleanse themselves

of bad karma

myanmar

OCT (TBC)

KYAUKSE DANCING

ELEPHANTS FESTIVAL

Performers dress up

in elaborate elephant

costumes to dance and

pay homage to the Shwe

Tha Lyaung Pagoda

September

*Dates are subject to change

Otober