Asian Geographic - 01.01.2018

festival highlights

February March

PhiliPPines

JAN 1

AGUMAN SANDUK

Men dress up as

beauty queens in

this festival of farce

Thailand

mAr(TBC)

WAT BANG PHRA

TATTOO FESTIVAL

Thousands of

people travel to the

temple to receive a

spiritual tattoo

india

JAN 2–

feb13

MAGH MELA

Held every year

on the banks of

Triveni Sangam,

Allahabad

Turkey

JAN (TBC)

CAMEL WRESTLING

FESTIVAL

Male camels wrestle

for glory in the

Aegean region

jaPan

FEB 3

SETSUBUN

Celebrating the

day before the

beginning of spring

PhiliPPines

MAR

25–31

HOLY WEEK

Catholics observe

Holy Week through

re-enactments of

Christ’s crucifixion

sinGaPOre

JAN 31

THAIPUSAM

A festival of physical

sacrifice in Tamil

communities

vieTnam

FEB

16

TET NGUYEN DAN

Feast of the First

Morning of the First

Day – celebrating

the arrival of spring

TibeT

FEB

16–18

LOSAR

A new year’s

celebration on

the first day of the

Tibetan calendar

cenTral asia

MAR 21

NOWRUZ

The Persian New Year,

celebrated for over

3,000 years in West

and Central Asia

iran

MAR 20

CHAHARSHANBE

SURI

The Persian Festival

of Fire, celebrated on

the last Wednesday

before Nowruz

china

MAR 2

DA SHUHUA

A pyrotechnic show

where a team of

blacksmiths throw

molten iron

PhiliPPines

JAN

15–21

ATI-ATIHAN

FESTIVAL

Held in honour of

the Santo Niño

(baby Jesus), with

tribal dancing,

music and parades

russia

FEB

12–18

MASLENITSA

FESTIVAL

An Eastern Slavic

folk holiday of great

indulgence before

the start of Lent

January

You’re Invited!

YOUR CALENDAR GUIDE TO THE FESTIVALS OF ASIA IN 2018*

*Dates are subject to change

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