50 Festivals To Blow Your Mind

From the people who've been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's 50 Festivals To Blow Your Mind will make your next trip an unforgettable one. There's something about festivals. Whether it's a giant, joyous party or a respectful honouring of tradition, a seemingly bizarre adherence to ritual or a celebration of a quirky obsession - a festival is a uniquely human thing to be involved in. We get together to dance, sing, eat, laugh, drink, dress up, light fires, take our clothes off, throw tomatoes at each other, roll around in mud - festivals are life-affirming and take our desire to have a good time with friends and family to a global level. Contents: All action Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - USA Argungu Fishing Festival - Nigeria Holi - India and Nepal Las Bolas de Fuego - El Salvador Rouketopolemos (Rocket War) - Greece Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri - Japan Songkran Water Festival - Thailand Art and culture AgitAgueda Art Festival - Portugal Edinburgh Fringe Festival - UK Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - China South by Southwest - USA Sundance Film Festival - USA White Nights Festival - Russia (more...)