Regata Storica Festival, Venice, Italy
Time: 1/9 (first Sunday of September every year)
Traditional boat racing festival commemorates Regata Storica Caterina Cornaro queen of Cyprus. In the 16th century, she has given to the people of the island of Venice. The festival begins with the parade of decorated boats union beautiful motifs. The participants are dressed in old-fashioned 16th century.
There are four races taking place during the festival with the main event is the men's road race by legendary Gondola. The rowers 'muscles' starting Castello area, go to the west canal and accelerate to the ancient monastery of Santa Chiara, where to paddle around "paleto" (wooden stakes between the river).
Venice Festival busiest in Regata Storica
Giostra del Saracino Festival, Tuscany, Italy
Time: 1/9
Boot-shaped country is home to the unique traditional festivals. According to statistics, almost every day there was a festival in the region. Among them, certainly not to be missed Giostra del Saracino Festival in Arezzo, Tuscany.
Nearly Palio horse race festival, Giostra del Saracino but, participants on horseback, wearing armor and wielding combat injuries. However, instead of pointing spears at each other, they score points by aiming wooden targets. Who hit and made the first human dump will be the winner.
Players use human injured crashing down wood
Horn Dance Festival, Stafford, UK
Time: 4/9 (Monday after the first Sunday of September)
Dance Festival Horn (Horn Dance) was held in Abbots Bromley village in the Midlands, UK. The ritual will start at 8am. Six men carrying six sets of antlers huơ (with the 1000 years old, weighing 7-11 kg) with a carrying wooden horses and a musician will go around the countryside around for half a day. Along the way, they stopped to dance and act out the action of the archer when hunting.
This is one of the ritual dances oldest traditions of England. Horn Dance starting from 1226, is held every year to this day. The origins of Horn Dance is a celebration of Abbots Bromley occasions villagers were hunting in the forest authorities Needwood. Dance to pray for a lucky hunting season and wooden horses symbolize fertility.
Horn Dance delegation traveled around the countryside surrounding the village of Abbots Bromley
Olympics plateau Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Time: 8/9
Guests will easily catch the group playing "hit the pole" (long wooden pole lift and toss contest farthest distances) across northern Scotland during the summer. But the busiest must include Braemar Highland Games. This festival had 900 years ago, King Malcolm Cranmore. At the Olympic Games take place in the palace courtyard Balmoral, many interesting games are held, such as tug of war, running up the hill, hammer throw, long jump ... and many other attractive items.
The audience of the matches at the Olympic Games also have royal families. Traditional sponsors Royal Highland Braemar Olympics starting from the time of Queen Victoria.
Activities tug at Braemar Highland Games
Mid-Autumn Festival, China
Time: 19/9 (15th of the 8th lunar month)
Mid-Autumn Festival in China is also known as moon cake festival. This is a chance people celebrate the harvest moon day. They make cakes Autumn from agricultural products such as glutinous rice, red beans ... The moon cakes (cakes, plastic) features round as the moon's thin crust and sweet variety.
Autumn is the second most important festival (just after the Tet lunar new year) against the Chinese. They often eat grapefruit, grapefruit seed used strung, lion dances, lantern processions and hung them throughout the city.
Brilliant lantern Mid-Autumn Festival
Hermanus Whale Festival, South Africa
Period: 20-24 / 9
Hermanus coastal city in western South Africa, located on the migratory routes of the species of giant whale, we go through here to the Walker Bay. Hermanus Whale Festival is held in September every year, right of the fish migration season. On this occasion, visitors can admire the giant whales move or jump high out of the water and then pour down, creating white foam roll. This will be a fun experience and unforgettable for visitors.
Additionally, you can also participate in fun activities like watching dancing festival, enjoying the African choral piece, comedy and action series other exciting sports. The festival only lasts 5 days but whales are still in the area around Hermanus few months (from August to October). Annually, Hermanus whale watching festival attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. Through the festival, the organizers want to raise awareness of people about ocean life and a sense of "respect for mother nature."
Bugfest - Insect Festival, North Carolina, USA
Time: 21/9
Bugfest by the Museum of Natural Sciences, Northern California, the US organization. The festival attracts 25,000 visitors each year, where the participants are encouraged to try the unique dishes made from insects by local chefs processing. This year's theme revolves around the scorpion.
At the festival will include exhibitions and various activities both inside and outside the pitch Museum to learn about the arthropod species (species accounts for 3/4 of the number of animals on earth). Evenings are fun activities with moths, fireflies. You can also learn how to keep a hive at home in a workshop on beekeeping. The festival takes place from 9am to 7pm.
Festival exhibition in Bugfest
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