This Peruvian festival honors the sun god with colorful processions and traditional music
Virgen de la Candelaria
Corpus Christi
Qoyllur Riti
Inti Raymi
This Norwegian festival features midnight sun concerts and arctic landscapes
Northern Lights Festival
Aurora Festival
Midnight Sun Marathon
Polar Night Festival
This Cambodian festival celebrates the end of monsoon season with boat races
Pchum Ben
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Bon Om Touk
Water Festival
This Danish music festival takes place on the island of Zealand and features multiple genres
Copenhell
Distortion
Northside Festival
Roskilde Festival
This Belgian festival transforms the town square into a giant flower carpet
Ghent Festival
Flower Carpet Festival
Zythos Beer Festival
Ommegang
This Russian festival features traditional wooden architecture folk dances and crafts
Golden Ring Festival
Maslenitsa
White Nights
Victory Day
This American music festival takes place in the California desert and features contemporary artists
Electric Forest
Bonnaroo
Coachella
Outside Lands
This festival celebrates the start of the new year with dragon dances fireworks and red decorations
Hungry Ghost Festival
Ghost Festival
Lunar New Year
Moon Festival
This Israeli festival involves building temporary outdoor shelters and eating meals inside them
Rosh Hashanah
Passover
Sukkot
Yom Kippur
This Polish festival involves floating wreaths with candles down rivers
Easter Monday
St John's Night
Corpus Christi
Wianki Festival
This Romanian festival celebrates Dracula and vampire legends in Transylvania
Sighisoara Festival
Dracula Festival
Brasov Medieval Festival
George Enescu Festival
This British summer festival features classical music concerts in a famous London concert hall
BBC Proms
Hay Festival
Notting Hill Carnival
Edinburgh Festival
This American festival celebrates African American culture with music food and art
Essence Festival
One Musicfest
Afropunk
A3C Festival
This American festival in Austin Texas combines music technology and interactive media
Fun Fun Fun Fest
South by Southwest
Austin City Limits
Eeyore's Birthday Party
This Spanish festival involves people running in front of bulls through the streets of Pamplona
La Tomatina
Las Fallas
Semana Santa
Running of the Bulls
This Nepalese festival involves worshipping dogs and crows as messengers of death
Kukur Puja
Dashain
Tihar
Indra Jatra
This Turkish festival celebrates the end of Ramadan with sweet treats and family gatherings
Mevlid
Ashura
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr
This Indian festival celebrates Lord Krishna by forming human pyramids to break clay pots
Janmashtami
Navratri
Karva Chauth
Raksha Bandhan
This Moroccan festival showcases traditional Berber music and desert culture
Festival of World Sacred Music
Gnawa Festival
Date Festival
Rose Festival
This Filipino festival features participants covered in black soot dancing in the streets
Pahiyas
MassKara
Sinulog
Ati-Atihan
This South Korean festival honors ancestors with traditional food and ceremonies
Children's Day
Buddha's Birthday
Chuseok
Memorial Day