Сarnivals and festivals

Rio Carnival

There’s no Carnival like Rio’s Carnival. In fact, it is almost impossible to think of Brazil’s capital city without thinking of its Carnaval. Carnival, as Rio de Janeiro presents it, is one of the most interesting and well-attended cultural celebrations around the world. Even though the festival’s origins are in ancient Greek revels honoring Dionysus the god of wine, overtime Carnival was modified by the Romans to honor two of their own gods and later the Catholic church would make its own modifications and have the festival celebrated just before the period of Lent.
Rio de Janeiro has earned its title as the Carnival capital of the world with its famous samba dancing, colorful eye-catching costumes, pulsating music, magnificent float displays and electrifying energy. Join a samba school (a local samba club) and dance, sing and let loose at one of the best festivals in the world.

Boryeong Mud Festival

First staged in 1998 The Boryeong Mud Festival is a fairly new festival celebrated in the coastal town of Boryeong, South Korea. It was originally conceptualized to provide PR for a range of cosmetics created using the nutrient-rich mud from the area but the festival quickly became Korea’s most popular summer festival. Now, Boryeong Mud Festival is just a great excuse to get down and dirty and have some fun.
Each year festival goers head to Daecheon Beach for rocking live music, a wade in the nutrient-rich mud and for a chance to try out various mud-related health and beauty products and services. Immerse yourself in nutrient-rich mud at the mud pool, slip down the mud slide or embrace your artistic side by body painting with colored mud, make your own mud soaps and challenge yourself on the mud maze obstacle-course.

Oktoberfest

Once upon a time in 1810 a German crown prince married his princess. The kind royals had plenty of festivities for all the townspeople of Bavaria, Munich to enjoy and everyone had so much fun they decided to do it all again next year and the year after that. Thus Oktoberfest was born. And now when most people think of the month of October they think of chilly weather, pumpkins and of course, Oktoberfest.
On average Oktoberfest brings 6 million visitors to Munich each year and so, it’s fair to say that it is easily one of the biggest festivals in Europe and enjoys immense popularity worldwide. So much so that across the US, Oktoberfest celebrations have been replicated in a number of major cities. Oktoberfest brings together aspects of a rich local culture, history, fun and games, good food and great beer to make for a few weeks of awesome celebration. Head to the Wiesn (fairgrounds) to enjoy agriculture shows, costume processions, fun fair rides, historical and cultural displays, all the food you could possibly eat and of course the copious amounts of beer Oktoberfest is famous for.