The October festival unique in the world

In addition to Halloween, October is also the time of a series of unique festivals such as Phuket Vegetarian Festival, Dussehra or Naga fireballs.

<> 1. Dussehra Festival 

Also known under the name of Vijayadashami, this is one of the most important festivals are held in all over India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Dussehra Festival in India is often conducted after the annual Navratra festival and 20 days before Diwali, festival of lights.

During Dussehra festival, the majority of offices and shops are closed. People will look the most beautiful outfits go Ramlila dance, dance recreate the fierce battle between Rama and the demon god Ravana and military sides. Legend has it that the battle was fierce and lasted for weeks, to the god Rama evening shot hit weak vented name of Ravana, kill him, ending the battle.

In the capital New Delhi, the festival was held at Ramlila Square in the city center with the participation of senior leaders. The festival will take place in 10 days, the last day is the greatest. During the festival, people perform plays and the kind of films being made ​​based on the famous epic Ramayana India.

2 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

During Dussehra festival, the majority of offices and shops are closed. People will look the most beautiful outfits go Ramlila dance, dance recreate the fierce battle between Rama and the demon god Ravana and military sides. Legend has it that the battle was fierce and lasted for weeks, to the god Rama evening shot hit weak vented name of Ravana, kill him, ending the battle.

In the capital New Delhi, the festival was held at Ramlila Square in the city center with the participation of senior leaders. The festival will take place in 10 days, the last day is the greatest. During the festival, people perform plays and the kind of films being made ​​based on the famous epic Ramayana India.

2 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Regarding the origin of the festival, many say, it by a group of Chinese opera brought to Phuket from the 19th century On the 6th day of the festival, the most macabre rituals and also attract the most is made, including acts of self-mortification and painful ordeal, which included regular knives, needles into the body cross or walk on hot coals. The festival participants believe that, as the pain suffered in this event, the more they're lucky, success in the coming year.

During the festival, people adhere to strict rules avoid eating, drinking and sexual relations. The people here believe that 9 day festival will have 9 gods voltage, which lives in peace and good harvest next year.

<> 3. Naga Fireballs Festival

Every year, just to back up an appointment, on September fifteenth lunar calendar, in Thailand's Nong Khai province appeared mysterious natural phenomenon called "bung fai Paya nak": the colorful fireballs flying skyward from beneath the Mekong River. 

The fireball red, sparkling and many different sizes, flying in the air a few hundred meters before disappearing. The local people said they had seen this phenomenon since he was born and the generation of their fathers so well.

According to legend, the fireballs are breathing a mythical snake living in the Mekong River in Nong Khai province northeast emitted and called Naga.However, many scientists believe that, in fact, the fireball was caused by methane gas rising from the river for any reason, aircraft burned up. 

Previously, this phenomenon is not local people attention. By the 1990s, the phenomenon of fame and in 2000, the international community attention. The Thai government did not waste it. They organized a series of activities appeal followed a unique festival. Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock here to observe and watch firsthand the dazzling fireball into the sky from the river.

<> 4. Okunchi Matsuri Festival

Okunchi Matsuri festival is considered the most unusual in Japan, to be held in Nagasaki beginning of the 17th century This is the time many Chinese people live in the city, in which the Dutch traders and China usually ships anchored in the harbor.

This is also the time the Japanese government banned foreigners each anchor at the port of Japan, but the ship of the Dutch traders in Nagasaki and China is an exception. Okunchi festival honoring the merchants by performing dances Dutch media and Chinese lion dance, along with other exciting activities such as processions, fairs, parades and more game entertainment other.

<> 10. Fiesta del Pilar festivities Spain

Fiestas del Pilar is an annual festival held in October in the city of Zaragoza, Spain in honor of the Virgin Mary. The festival usually takes place in October in week 12 and lasts 10 days. This is a religious activity associated with art includes fun activities such as exhibitions, a good bullfighting, las vaquillas (bullfighting by amateurs), beer festivals and performances music throughout the night.

The most prominent feature of the festival is the ritual flower offering at the plaza del Pilar. Accordingly, from the morning to the afternoon of 12/10, the group of participants will wear traditional costumes of the Aragon region or any other region in Spain, carrying flower parade on the streets to put in the center plaza del Pilar. Here, volunteers will put flowers into a pyramid shape covered around the Virgin Mary statue is placed between the square so everyone can admire.

Source: 24h.com.vn