The other day I asked a friend where he would be during Jyeshtha? He looked at me uncomprehending, and finally expostulated: ...

Also called the Sacrifice Festival, the Corban Festival is the second of the two main festivals Muslims celebrate alongside ...

Lin Ming-teh notes that besides carrying on traditions, craftsmanship in Lukang has been raised to the level of art | ...

A fashion show featuring traditional patterns from ancient China was held in Caoxian, East China's Shandong province, on April 8, during the Caoxian Hanfu Cultural Festival, attracting significant ...

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see ...

Join the MAHA SONGKRAN WORLD WATER FESTIVAL 2025, the grandest Songkran festival in Bangkok, happening from April 11 – 15, 2025, at Sanam Luang, Bangkok. BANGKOK, Thailand – Get ready to ...

Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, fell on April 4 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival during which people pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. The holiday also ...

Wang Yi, associated professor of cultural studies at Tianjin University, noted that as China's cultural influence expands, traditional Chinese festivals like Qingming are gaining increasing global ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional holiday held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, which is when the Chinese believe the moon is brightest. On the Western calendar ...

The festival has three main sections (Dialogues, Reverberations, Existing, Resisting) and a focus section dedicated this year to British filmmaker Marc Isaacs. The event takes place at the Peasant ...

Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.