India is multi-cultured country people living in different states follow different culture and religion so they have there own religious festivals apart from that all National festivals and even International Days are also celebrated with great pleasure through the country. As people following different religion live together so they celebrate festivals of different religion. Thus, India attracts tourist attention for it's culture and festivals. Many tourist even choose their favourite festival to visit India.

January - February

New Year Day – 1st January celebrated all Over India.

Guru Govind Singh Jayanti – 7th January celebrated in Punjab, Chandigarh, Harayana

Makar Sankaranti – 14th January celebrated in Gujarat, Mahashtra

Lohri –Makar Sankarati is known as Lohri in North India.

Pongal – Celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry,Andaman and Nicobar

Elephant March – Celebrated in Kerala in the month of January

Vasant Panchami – Celebrated in Bangal, orrisa and Bihar for blessing of Lord Saraswati.

Kerela Village Fair – Celebrated in Kerela as it is Cultural festival celebrated with folk dance and Music of Kerala.

Bikaner Festival – This festival is celebrated in Rajasthan by decorating Camels.

Pattadakal Dance Festival – An Interesting dance festival celebrated in the state of Kaenataka.

Id-ul-Fitr – It is festival of Muslim Community celebrated in the month end of January.

Bhogi – celebrated in Andhra Pradesh on 13th January

Thaipusam – Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrates in the Tamil Nadu

Kavadi – Kavadi is the Dance performed in Tamil Nadu to please Tamil god of War

Id-e-Milad - It is the Muslim festival celebrated in the month of January in India.

Republic Day – This is National festival of India celebrated on 26th January since 1950.

Desert Festivals – Desert festival is celebrated in Rajasthan in the month end of January or in the First half month of February for three days.

Cattle Fair – This festival is celebrated in Rajasthan in the month of January or February by trading of cattle.

Thiruvalluvar Day / Kanum Pongal - This festival is celebrated in Tamil dedicated to lord Sun.

Maha Shivratri – It is religious festival of Hindu, celebrated by keeping fast dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Vasant Panchami – Celebrated in an honor of Goddess Saraswati.

International Yoga Festival – Celebrated in Uttar Pradesh in the month of February by practicing Yoga and Meditation.

Surajkund Crafts Mela – It is 15 days festival celebrated in Haryana to demonstrate art and craft from all over the India.

Taj Mahotsav – Celebrated in Uttar Pradesh, recreating the age of Shah Jahan by dance and drama.



Holi – It is much popular Hindu festival celebrating with Colors in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

Shigmo – Festival of Konkani Hindu, celebrate in Goa.

Vasant Navratri – Hindu Festival celebrated in majority of Parts of India.

Rama Navami – Rama Navami is celebration of Birth of Lord Rama

National Safety Day – Celebrated on 4th March across the Country.

International Women’s Day – Celebrated on 8th March in an honor of Women.

Dandi March Day – 12th March is celebrated as Dandi March day in India.

World Forestry Day – 21st March is celebrated as Forestry day in the country.

World Water Day - 22nd March is Celebrated as World Water day.

Gudi Padwa – New year day for Marathi and Konkanis celebrated on first day of Chaitra Month.

Ugadi – New year for Kannadigas and Telugus celebrated on the same day as Gudi padwa.

Khajuraho Dance Festival – It is the festival celebrated by the people of Madhya Pradesh by performing Classical Dance.

Ellora Festival – Classical dance and Music festival celebrated in Mahashtra.




Gangaur - Festival is dedicated to Goddess Parvati, Celebrated in Rajasthan.

Pooram – Temple festival celebrated in Kerala.

Carnival – Celebrated in Goa in the month of April for Fruiting of Cashew and Mango.

Internaitonal Spice – Celebrate in Kerala.

Vishu – 2 days Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala.

Tamil New Year – Celebrate among Tamil people it falls in the month of April.

Hanuman Jayanti – Hanuman Jayanti is celebration of birth of Hanuman.

Bihu - Bihu is Assamese New Year celebrated in Assam and near by places.

Good Friday – It is festival of Christians celebrated on Friday of April every year.

Baisakhi – Punjabi New Year celebrated in Punjab, Celebrated with joyous music and Dance.

Id-ul-fitr or Ramazan Id – It is Festival of Muslim Community, a day of feasting making end of Ramdan.



May Day - 1st May is celebrated as International Workers' day in India even in many country International Workers' day in famous as "May day".

Buddha Purnima – Celebration on Buddha’s birth.



Rath yatra – Celebrated in Orissa and many more part of country.

Hemis Festival – It is the festival of people living in Jammu & Kashmir.

International Mango Festival - Celebrates in Uttar Pradesh exhibiting best Quality Indian Mangoes.

Sitsalsasthi – Sitsalsasthi is the celebration of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati’s marriage

Eid-Ul-Fitr - Eid-Ul-Fitr is the Muslim Festival, mean braking of fast celebrated not only in India but all over the World on 29th neight of Ramadan.

Raja Parba - It is 4 days long festival celebrated in Orissa to welcome inaugurates and welcomes the agricultural year all over Orissa it is also known as Mithuna Sankranti.

Guru Purnima - Guru purnima is the festival of Hindu and Buddhist, a devotional worship of the Teacher (GURU).In Hindu Guru is treated as God himself.


Raksha Bandhan - It is festival of Hindu, for brother and Sister. On this day women ties Rakhi on the wrist of her brother to remind him to protect her if any need arise. There is fascinating Story behind Raksha bandhan.

Independence Day - 15th August is celebrated as Independence Day in India since year 1947 as India got Independence from British rule on the day.

Onam – Oman is the festival for the people living in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. This festival is famous for the ‘Snake Boat Races’, an event held in Kerala to celebrate this festival.

Krishna Janmamshtami - A Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna. It is celebrated though out the country .Devotees of Lord Krishna celebrated this festivals by fasting and praying.

Gowri Habba - Gowri Habba is celebrated in Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh it is the festival for newly wed couples.

Nuakhai - This festival is celebrated in Orissa to welcome new rice of the year.

Id-Ul-Zuha /Bakri Id - 

Ganesh Chaturthi - A Hindu festival celebrated for the arrival of lord Ganesha. Idol of Ganesh is bought on this day and worshiped for ten days and then is being immersed in a river or sea.

Bonalu - Bonalu is the festival celebrated in Hydrabad, Andhra Pradesh and other parts of South India. Goddess MahaKali is Worshipped.


Navratri - Navratri is the Hindu festival of nine Nights celebrated by performing dance on traditional music and worshiping the forms of Shakti.

Dussehra/VijayaDashmi - Dussehra is tenth day of Navratri on this day Lord Rama Killed Ravana i.e. Victory of good over evil.

Durga pooja - A very famous festival for the people of Bengal. This festival is celebrated by worshipping goddess Durga by performing Pooja.

Bathukamma or Panduga- It is unique festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh during Navratri by Women in the honour of Goddess Gouri.

Gandhi Jayanti - 2nd October is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti a birth date of Gandhiji, father of the nation,Public Holiday is declared throughout the nation on this day.



Diwali or Deepawali - Diwali is the festival of Light as Lord Rama, goddess Sita returned to the kingdom of Ayodhya after 14 years of exile.

New Year – Next day of Diwali is celebrated as New year in Hindu community. New Year is celebrate with great pleasure throughout the country.

Bhai Dooj - Second day of New year is Bhai dooj a festival for brother and sister similar to Raksha Bandhan.

Gurupurab - Gurupurab id the festival of Sikh it falls in the month of November.

Kartik Poornima/Dev Diwali – It is celebrated on Full moon day of Kartik .It is unique festival celebrated in Varansi. It also coincide with Jain festival of Light.

Chhath - Celebrated in Bihar and Terai dedicated to sun god.



Muharram - Muharram is the first month of Islamic Calender. Muslim community in India celebrates with great pleasure.

Chrishmas Day -25th December is celebrated as Chrishmas by decorating Xmas tree and sharing gifts as it is annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ

As Singapore is multi-cultured country (Island),along with Hungry ghost festival, there are many Interesting festivals celebrated in Singapore. This festival is celebrated according to lunar calendar, in the 7th month of lunar calendar, generally it falls in the month of August or in the month of September.It also falls at the same time as a full moon, the new season, the fall harvest, the peak of Buddhist monastic asceticism, the rebirth of ancestors, and the assembly of the local community.

Hungry Ghost Festival , Singapore

 According to the Taoist Chinese belief, the gates of hell is opened during this month and the spirits of the dead are released and allowed to roam the earth.

Hungry Ghost Festival

These ghosts are believed to be ancestors of those who forgot to pay tribute to them after they died, or those who were never given a proper ritual send-off.

Offer food and drink

Family members offer prayers to their deceased relatives, offer food and drink and burn hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper.

joss paper

Hell money is a form of joss paper printed to resemble legal tender bank notes. This faux money has been in use since at least the late 19th century and possibly much earlier. Joss paper items are believed to have value in the afterlife,considered to be very similar in some aspects to the material world, People burn paper houses, cars, servants and televisions to please the ghosts

offering food and Prayer

Celebration is done by offering food, prayer , burn joss stick and hell money to pay tribute to their forefathers. Worship can be done in the road or in the open ground.

More Festivals....

This festival is also known with the name "Chingay Parade" the day of celebrating the festival depends on the lunar calendar and it generally falls in the month of January or in the month on February.

Decorative Material

Gift Shopes

Usually, Chinatown is selected for the celebration of this festival and in filled with sales stores for new year gift and gift hampers.

Sales Shopes

Sales shops have qualitative products at cheapest rate. So non-Chinese people also take active part in this festival. People can buy food, sweets, decorative material at very reasonable rate.

Chinese Colony

New year celebration is special occasion for Chinese people, they celebrate by decorating their colony with red and golden in color these days are very special day for them.

There is a very long long list of festival celebrated in Singapore,among them Moon-cake festival is one of the favorite festival celebrated in Singapore. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month as per lunar calendar and for Chinese it is Mid-Autumn festival and it fall around about in the month of August or in September. Moon-Cake Festival is also known as lantern festival for Chinese it is Mid-Autumn festival.

China Town in Mid Autumn Festival

During those days ,along with Singapore, China town is decorated with light.Along with it, all streets is decorated with beautiful flowers.
Moon cake is prepared at different bakeries and restaurants which is sold in all corners of Singapore. Along with it, mid autumn festival is also celebrated during these days which increases the glamour of the festivals.


Thus, increases tourist attraction, People enjoy visiting Singapore to attend this festival as it is celebrated with great pleasure not only Chinese people but whole Singapore is celebrating by playing games, performing on Chinese culture , lanterns making competition , having moon cake with Chinese tea under moon light, which being celebrated every corner of Singapore. There is believes behind celebrating this festival .


Celebration is based on three concept Gathering ,Thankgiving and Praying. An important part of the festival celebration is moon worship.Generally women worship moon and give offerings to the moon on this evening

Public Holiday is declared through out the country to celebrate festivals with great enthusiasm. Usually Saturday and Sunday is off in Thailand but if Public Holiday falls on Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) than next day that is Monday is declared as off day.

So here their is a List of National festivals and Religious Festivals celebrated in Thailand through out the year.

January - February









March - April




May - June - July




August - September - October


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November - December

Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons or 26 different areas and each cantons has it's own traditional costume and languages influenced by it's neighbouring countries such as Germany,Austria,Italy,France.Even difference in the religion play a vital role in celebration of different festivals, 57% of swiss population is Protestant, 41% is Catholic and 2% of other faiths.The festivals listed below are some of the most interesting Swiss celebrations that take place throughout the year in different cantons. More about Switzerland... 

Festivals of Dubai

Different events and Festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm, according to the Religion followed in Dubai as well as depending on Climatic Condition of the City attracting tourist thought the world. Apart from Dubai is Famous for their Luxurious Hotels, man-made Beautiful Towers and even for their Luxurious Lifestyle.


Dubai Marathon :
Marathon one of the charitable funding event which allows common people to take part with affordable fee, to give them a chance for winning a heavy cash prize. Tshirts(Adidas), Medals, Certificates are distributed to all Marathon Participants along with that several facilities like water at certain distance, Isotonic drinks, Sponges,toilets,Medical,Baggage bag, Entertainment are provided.To attract wider scope of entries Marathon race is divided in to three types 1) 3km run for those who haven’t got the best fitness levels which is called “Fun Run”. 2) 10 km Road Race 3)50 km Marathon only for 18 year olds and over."

Dubai Shopping Festival (1 Month 2days) :
Main aim of organizing Shopping festivals is to promote trade and commerce in Dubai, the only place for getting best retail products. Along with best electronic products, there are many innovative activities that are organized by the government every year. First time it was organized in 1996,by government of Dubai and still continued successfully…


Dubai Desert Classic(7 days) :
This event is the most popular golfing event in the UAE. The competition is organized at the one of the most famous Emirates Golf Club and generally attracts many tourists. Since 1989, every year, many of the world's leading swingers return for a chance to play for the generous prize money.

Dubai International Jazz Festival(9 Days):
International Jazz Festival is an annual music festival which is held every year in Dubai in the month of February.

Dubai Tennis Championships :
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons it is formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on outdoor hardcourts.


UAE (Abu Dhabi) Desert Challenge :
Duration is Five days, popular for the fast cars and bikes and the last race was from Abu-dhabi to Dubai.
Dubai Art Fair :
This one is for artists all around the world a best place to ooze artistic talent through exhibition at The Madinat Jumeirah every year since 2007.
Dubai World Cup :
World’s richest horse race is held every year in Dubai at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in presence of world’s best horses,jockeys and tainers.


The Bride Show :
The Annual Bridal show is organized every year in April with verity of events on wedding themes. The main event is held at the Dubai International Exhibition center.
Festival of Taste :
This Festival is held specially for food lover and it lasts for one week where world’s top Chefs come and prepare most special and delicious dishes for social event and even give tips on cooking some new and innovative dish and even presentation of it.


Dubai Summer Surprises : It lasts for 10 weeks and is divided into different themes like food,art,nature etc.. Dubai offers special package to attract visitors.


Motexha Textile Show :
Annual trade fair is one of the largest of its kind in the Middle East and attracts exhibitors and shoppers from right across the region located at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre and over more the 400 exhibitors spread throughout 30 international pavilions covering all most every branch of the clothing and textile industry.

Religious Festivals :
Ramadan (30 days) :
This festival last for whole month, according to Lunar Calendar it generally falls in the month of Oct-Sept. During this month, Muslims must refrain from consuming anything between sunrise and sunset.


Dubai Rugby Sevens :
Rugby Club plays host to the first round of the IRB Sevens Series, with 16 international teams competing over 3 days for the prestigious trophy,every year in the month of November. Along with competition, to entertain visitors, various other shows and events are also been organized for those 3 days.

Dubai international film festival :
This film festival encourages independent and art-house cinema to get a better recognition from the public with special guests attracting large audiences, such as George Clooney and Morgan Freeman.

National Day Festival :
2nd December is celebrated as National Day in Dubai after the independency from Britain. Religious Festivals

Religious Festivals :
Diwali : 
It is the Hindu festival and as there is large expatriate Indian Community in Dubai, Diwali is also celebrated significantly throughout the city making sure bright lights and fireworks are spread around the city.