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5 p.m. ET Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania and 26 other locations. People pose in front of New Year decorations in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) - Amr Nabil/AP
Winter's Crest: the winter celebration held on the continent of Tal'Dorei in the world of Exandria, as featured in the RPG show Critical Role. Candlenights: pan-religious, pan-sexual, personal pan pizza winter holiday created by Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy. Featured on the podcasts My Brother, My Brother, and Me, and Adventure Zone.
Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus. Aside from religion, and sometimes folklore , another significant origin is agricultural . Food (and consequently agriculture) is so vital that many festivals are associated with harvest time.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
The world has been saying goodbye to 2024 and welcoming 2025. Here's how people in different countries celebrated the new year.
J'ouvert (/ dʒ uː ˈ v eɪ / joo-VAY) (also Jour ouvert, Jouvay, or Jouvé) [1] [2] [3] is a traditional Carnival celebration in many countries throughout the Caribbean. The parade is believed to have its foundation in Trinidad & Tobago, with roots steeped in French Afro-Creole traditions such as Canboulay.
Widely regarded as the largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in the world, the multiday Parada do Orgulho LGBT+ de São Paulo (aka São Paulo Pride) runs from the end of May to early June. The earliest ...