6 Breathtaking Festivals Around The World That You Must See

1 Burning Man, USA

 If the world is getting to you, Burning Man takes you away from it. An annual event which takes place in Black Rock City, Nevada, USA,

Burning Man is an art festival based on the principles of self-expression, community participation and complete acceptance. Every year, a settlement is erected in the middle of the Nevada Desert and once the festival is over, all traces are erased. Nothing is provided and there is almost no contact with civilisation. It happens a week before Labour Day, ending with the burning of a sculpture of a man, from where it gets its name.(burningman.org)

  2 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Almost 70 years ago, eight theatre groups turned up uninvited at the Edinburgh International Festival and began to perform. They called themselves the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as they were on the fringe and not actually a part of it. This evolved into the world’s largest art festival, which at the last count lasted for a total of 25 days and featured 50,266 performances of 3,269 shows in 294 venues. True to its spirit, it is an open festival, and anyone can participate, with a variety of categories, from theatre to opera to spoken word poetry. (edfringe.com)

3 Kumbh Mela, India

 Thousands of years ago, according to Hindu mythology, the gods and demons got together and churned the ocean in pursuit of celestial nectar. Four drops of them fell on Earth—in Ujjain, Nasik, Prayag and Haridwar. According to the holy scriptures, for 12 days in a year, when the planets are in a certain alignment, the water in the rivers flowing through these cities turns into nectar. It is said that a dip in the rivers during period can wash away all the sins. The Kumbh Mela is held once every three years at one of these locations. The mela comes back to a particular location once in 12 years. It is frequented by devotees, ascetics and is a riot of sound and colour. (kumbhamela.net)

4 Festival of Sacred Music, Fes, Morocco