LET'S CELEBRATE! OCTOBER FESTIVITIES

                                                       

 Do you like travelling all over the world? Let’s talk about the main October festivities in different countries. We hope you’ll  find out what the perfect festival for you is!  

Germany

Oktoberfest: it’s a very popular festival and  it’s celebrated every year in Munich from 16 September to 3 October. The city is full of big tents where you can find a lot of beer steins, eat the specialities of the local cuisine and attend a lot of events. It’s become the biggest festival all over the world and it’s visited by millions of people. There are also many attractions, the most popular is “Encounter” , an experience of science fiction with aliens and monsters, but if you don’t like this genre, you can try the new “Big Bamboo” , a park with Caribbean music.

So,  if you love having fun and drinking beer, OKTOBERFEST is the perfect festival for you.

   

                                                          

Frankfurt book fair: it’s the international book fair celebrated in Frankfurt from 12 to 16 October. It’s called also with the German name “Buchmesse” and it’s one of the most famous festivals  all over the world. There are 10 pavilions and, in each of them you can find different books dedicated to a specific nation.   During the festival literar awards are  given to the best writers and books. If you love reading, this is your festival!

     

                                                       

New York

Columbus day: it’s a very popular festival celebrated every year in New York on 12 October. This event was created to remember and celebrate Cristopher Columbus who discovered  America on 12 th October 1492. In fact we can translate Columbus Day as “America’s birthday” . The most important event is the parade on the Fifth Avenue, with its  bands and  decorated floats.

                                                           

 Japan

Nagasaki kunchi festival: it’s a festival that is celebrated on three days,7,8,9  October and it’s known as the “Autumn festival”. The heart of the festival is the “ Hono-Odori”,that is the dragon’s dance where people dance in a big square around typical Chinese dragons to get to the shrine of Yasaka. It’s a very extravagant and colourful festival!

                                                          

Mexico

Day of the Dead : it’s a typical festival celebrated according to Mexican customs. The original name is “Dìa de Muertos”. It starts exactly on 31 October and ends 1-2 November because these days  coincide with the Christian celebrations of all saints. This festivity reclaims the themes of the Colombian traditions; during these festive days there is music, typical foods  and, above all,  people disguise themselves with macabre clothes and paint their faces with the typical portraits of Death. A Mexican Halloween?

France

The white night: this festival is celebrated in Paris on   the first Saturday of October and the original name is “Nuit Blanche”.  On this night, Paris becomes a magic city because it’s illuminated by many lights. Artists from all over the world take part in this festival and  you can discover secret places, that you’ve never seen before.

A truly inviting peculiarity  is that typical ferry-boats sail along an all-illuminated Seine; the perfect romantic place for lovers!

   

                                                        

Amsterdam

Dance festival: it’s the biggest musical event, in fact it hosts more than 20 thousands people from all over the world. It takes place from 16 to 20 October and it’s a very peculiar festival because  every evening  you can go dancing in different places where you can find famous artists, like David Guetta.  On the last night you can enter at the disco for free.

So, if you love dancing, this is the perfect festival for you!

    

                                                       

We have only told you about some of the most famous October festivities but the world is full of fascinating events! 

                                                                                                                     ROSITA & GIADA