Travel Asia: Festivities and FunAre you planning to travel to Asia within
next year, and are looking for some fun festivities to attend? Well, look no further – we’ve researched some of
more incredible Asian festivals for you to check out during your travels.
Travel Asia: Pulilan Carabao Festival
You’ll probably never see a water buffalo adorned quite like this! If you travel to Pulilan in
second week of May, you’ll witness
homage to
patron saint of farmers, San Isidro Labrador. Families take their prized water buffalos, scrape away
dirt, shave them, anoint them in oils, and then parade them around
city square dressed as kings. The priests of
Asian city then kneel and ask
buffalos to bless them, promising health and good wishes for
upcoming year to all, including visiting travelers.
Travel Asia: Parade of
God of Medicine
On
15th day of
third lunar month,
city of Taiwan is taken over by this world-renowned Asian festivity – a must for travelers in
area because of its spectacular parade. At
nucleus of
160 temple celebration are Pao Sheng in Taipei and
Temple of Ching Tzu in Hseuhchia. Spearheaded by a group called
Centipedes, worshippers attending
city-wide parade throw themselves on
ground to be stepped upon, as a symbolic exorcising of their demons.
Travel Asia: Yasothon Rocket Festival
In
middle of May, things get very noisy for Asian travelers to
Phaya Thaen Park in Thailand. Historically,
festival started as an offering to
gods of
sky, exploding beautiful rockets to encourage rainfall for rice crop growth. Nowadays, event has become something more of a sport, with competitions to see whose rocket can fly
farthest, and whose explodes
most.