Holidays Celebrated in South America, China and India
Traveling abroad is always an breathtaking and fantastic adventure. Every culture has its own oddities and eccentricities, but is of equal importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. Every regional color works together in weaving a cultural story of the world. Each culture is different in their customs, celebrations and most interestingly, their holidays. In this article we will look at the three prominent cultures, South Americans, Chinese and Indians in the way they celebrate their holidays.
South America holidays are normally Catholic in nature. South American holidays such as Saints festivals are very celebrated; Dia de Todos Los Santos for example celebrates all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. People in South America are oftentimes named for the saint whose day they were born on. Festivals such as Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday are very popular, South America has a similar called Carnaval. This festival celebrates the day before the forty-day Catholic festival of Lent and involves vast celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.
Holidays in China are very disparate in comparison to other nations. China has a unique blend of cultures where the religious and orthodox meets the modern and the eccentric. In the conventional culture of China, holidays are of massive spiritual importance. Chinese New Year is the largest holiday celebrated in China. Everyone in China take Chinese New Year very seriously and hold the day sacred, partaking in rituals and traditions to ensure a smooth year ahead. More modern holidays such as Women’s Day is also celebrated, this is where all women in China are granted to take time off work.
Holidays in India are very much different from the aforementioned countries. These holidays range from those related to Hinduism to Christian holidays, to Muslim celebrations. For the Indian population, holidays come every day of the year. A civic holiday celebrated by most is the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi’s birthday has been designated as a day of non-violence, and no booze is traded on this day in his honour.
Half of the experience when traveling is researching about the culture of the country that you will be visiting. These holidays are a short list of the many marvelous and breathtaking holidays seen abroad.
