It doesn’t matter where you are traveling to, going abroad is always a terrific adventure. One of the best lessons a person can learn by travelling abroad is that every culture has its own quirks and eccentricities, but is of even importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. The mix of each regions’ culture creates an amazing cultural story of the world. Different cultures celebrate their holidays very differently depending on where they are from. Looking at the 3 spectacular countries, we can picture how South Americans, Chinese and Indians celebrate holidays.
South America holidays are mainly Catholic in nature. Because of this, Saints festivals are some of the most popular holidays in South America; Dia de Todos Los Santos for instance celebrates all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. South Americans usually get their names based on the saint whose day they were born on. Carnaval is one of the most well-known festivals in South America, the equivalent of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. Carnaval celebrates the day before the forty-day Catholic festival of Lent and involves massive celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.
Holidays in China can be very diverse for the locals and are very different to other regions. China has a unique blend of cultures where the religious and orthodox meets the modern and the eccentric. Holidays celebrated in China are of good spiritual importance in the traditional culture. Chinese New Year also known as the spring festival is the largest holiday celebrated in China. Virtually everyone in China hold the day sacred, partaking in rituals and ceremonies to ensure a lucky and healthy year ahead. Modern holidays like Women’s Day are also adopted where all women in China are allowed to take time off.
Holidays in India are very much different from the aforementioned countries. These holidays range from those related to Hinduism to Christian holidays, to Muslim festivities. For people in India, holidays come every day of the year. A civic holiday celebrated by most is the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi’s birthday has been declared as a day of non-violence, and no alcohol is traded on this day in his honour.
Half of the experience when traveling is researching about the culture of the country that you will be visiting. These are just a handful of the many marvelous and exciting holidays seen abroad.
