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List of festivals in Costa Rica

Top Festivals in Costa Rica

This is a list of festivals celebrated in Costa Rica: This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

January

Festival de la Creatividad (2008)

Fiestas de Palmares

This is celebrated in the first two weeks of January in Palmares de Alajuela. Concerts with music, rodeos and firework displays are held. There is also a fairground and sporting competition.

Fiesta Patronal de Santo Cristo

This is a religious fiesta held in mid January in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica. Rodeos, folk dancing and street festivities are held for two days to honor Santo Cristo de Esquipulas. A parade of ox-carts is also part of the tradition, as is a large feast.

Festival de las Kobe

This is held in late January at Playas Esterillos, near Jacó. Mule races are held on the beach, with bullfights, music and a crafts fair.

February

Expo Pérez Zeledón

February celebrations in Liberia, Costa Rica

This is held in early February. Cattle and horse displays, rodeos, orchid and agricultural displays and beauty contests are held

Good Neighbors Jazz Festival

Carnaval de Puntarenas

March

El Día del Boyero

This takes places the second Sunday of March. El Día del Boyero means Oxcart Driver’s Day. This celebration’s main festivity of the parade is the painted and decorated oxcarts. Also, the priest comes to bless all of the crops and animals that are in the parade. The carts are beautifully decorated by very skilled artist. The designs on these oxcarts are mostly patterns of stars, flowers, and the sun with a variation of colors. Over one hundred oxcarts are decorated for this festival many more ox’s are pulling these carts. A boyero, or oxcart driver, guides the oxen and hopes that they will win the competition.

International Festival of the Arts

This is held on the second Sunday in San José when the theatres are jam packed with people watching live theatre, music and dance performances.

Southern Caribbean Music Festival

Semana Santa

April

Día de Juan Santamaría

This is held on April 11 in Alajuela with marching bands and a beauty pageant to celebrate Juan Santamaría, a national hero who died fighting William Walker in the 1856 war.

Feria del Ganado

Semana Universitaria

Commonly named Semana U, the event is held in the last week of April in San José at the Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, main campus of the University of Costa Rica with open air arts shows, sporting events, and concerts.

May

Día de los Trabajadores

Fiesta Cívica

This is held in early May in Cañas with cowboy traditions such as bullfights and horse displays (topes) and street fairs.

Corpus Christi

This is held on May 29 in Pacayas and Cartago with religious parades and church services.

June

Sac anoi festival

Día de San Pedro y San Pablo

Compañía de Lírica Nacional

Festival Juvenil de Piano – Costa Rica Piano Festival

July

Fiesta de la Virgen del Mar

Día de la Anexión de Guanacaste

Chorotega Tourist Fai

International Festival of Music

August

Día de Nuestra Señora de la Virgen de los Ángeles

Liberia Blanca Culture Week

National Adventure Tourism Festival

Día de San Ramóa

Semana Afro-Costarricense

September

Correo de la Candela de Independencia

Día de la Independencia

Orosi Colonial Tourist Fair

October

Carnaval

Día de Las Culturas

Fiesta del Maíz

Día del Sabanero

November

Días de Los Santos

La Ruta de los Conquistadores

Feria Agroecoturística

Fiesta de las Carretas

Costa Rica International Film Festival

December

Fiesta de los Negritos

This is a Boruca festival held on December 8. The indigenous Boruca peoples celebrate traditions with traditional dress, dancing, and music with flutes and drums.

Fiesta de la Yegüita

This is held on December 12 by the Nicoya. A Chorotega legend is recalled and villagers carry an image of La Virgen de Guadalupe in procession. The festival is a mixture of native Indian and Roman Catholicism.

Las Posadas

This is held on December 15 as part of the Christmas season when carolers visit houses and receive refreshments.

Tope Nacional de Caballos

This is held on Boxing Day, December 26, in San José, where the most talented horsemen in Costa Rica perform a display along the Paseo Colon with more than 3,000 horses.

Festival de la Luz

This is held on the second Saturday of December in San José with a Christmas tree parade at night and fireworks.

Carnaval Nacional

This is held on December 27 in San José when people wear costumes and dance in the streets in accompaniment to live music. A procession of decorated floats is also held.

Fiesta de Zapote

This is held in the suburb of Zapote in late December for the fairground, fireworks, and rodeo performances

Fiesta de los Diablitos

This is held from December 31 to January 2 over the New Year by the Boruca when the men dress as devils and run through Boruca villages to re-enact battles with the Spanish. It is simply a reenactment of the Spanish invasion.

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List of festivals in Colombia

Famous Festivals in Colombia Uncover Colombia

Traditional and cultural Colombian festivals

See also: Carnival in Colombia and Category:Carnival in Colombia

January

  • Campeonato de Voleibol Playa – Cartagena – Bolívar
  • Carnaval de Blancos y Negros – Pasto – Nariño
  • Carnaval de Riosucio – Riosucio – Caldas
  • Carnavales de Ocaña – Norte de Santander
  • Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música – Cartagena – Bolívar
  • Feria de Cali – Cali – Valle del Cauca
  • Feria de Manizales – Manizales – Caldas
  • Feria Taurina – Cartagena – Bolívar
  • Feria Taurina de la Candelaria – Medellín – Antioquia
  • Festival de la Miel – Oiba – Santander
  • Festival de La Panela – Villeta – Cundinamarca
  • Fiesta de las Corralejas – Sincelejo
  • Hay Festival – Cartagena – Bolívar
  • Reinado del Arroz – Aguazul – Casanare
  • Reinado Departamental de la Panela – Villeta
  • Sirenato del Mar – Tolu

February

  • Carnaval de Barranquilla – Barranquilla – Atlántico
  • Carnaval del Fuego – Tumaco – Nariño
  • Feria Taurina Bogotá
  • Festival de la Subienda – Honda – Tolima
  • Festival del Corrido Llanero – Puerto Carreño – Vichada
  • Fiesta de la Candelaria – Cartagena – Bolívar
  • Temporada Taurina – Medellín – Antioquia

March

  • Exposición Internacional de Orquídeas – Medellín
  • Ferias y Fiestas – Acacías – Meta
  • Festival de la Canción Llanera – Villavicencio – Meta
  • Festival de Música Religiosa – Popayan – Mompox – Pamplona
  • Festival del Burro – San Antero – Cordoba
  • Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro – Bogotá
  • Festival internacional de cine – Cartagena
  • Holy Week in Popayán

April

  • Feria del Cebú – San Martín – Meta
  • Festival de Cine Eurocine – Bogotá
  • Festival de Luna Verde – San Andrés
  • Festival del Cangrejo – San Andrés Islas
  • Festival Internacional de la Leyenda Vallenata – Valledupar

May

  • Feria Ganadera – Socorro – Santader
  • Feria Internacional del Libro – Bogotá
  • Ferias y Fiestas de Natagaima – Tolima
  • Festival de Interpretes de la Canción Mono Nuñez – Ginebra – Valle
  • Festival de la Arepa de Huevo – Luruaco – Atlántico
  • Festival de la Cachama – Puerto Gaitan – Meta
  • Festival de la Cultura Wayuú – Guajira
  • Fiestas del San Pedro y Festival del Bunde Tolimense – Espinal – Tolima

June

  • Corpus Christi – Anolaima
  • Feria Nacional Gallistica – Monteria
  • Festival del Mango – San Antonio Atlántico
  • Festival del Mono Nuñez – Ginebra – Valle
  • Festival Folclórico – Ibague Tolima
  • Festival Folclórico del Caqueta – Florencia Caqueta
  • Festival Folclorico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco – Neiva – Huila
  • Festival Internacional de Jazz – Villa de Leyva
  • Festival Internacional de Tango – Medellín
  • Festival Nacional del Porro – San Pelayo – Monteria
  • Festival y Reinado del Divivi – Rioacha – Guajira
  • Reinado Nacional de la Ganadería – Monteria – Córdoba
  • Reinado Nacional del Bambuco – Neiva – Huila
  • Reinado Nacional del Cafe – Calarca – Quindio

July

  • Feria Agropecuaria – Charalá – Santander
  • Feria de la Piña – Lebrija – Santander
  • Ferias y Fiestas de la Panela – Convención – Santander
  • Festival de la Cumbia – El Banco – Magdalena
  • Festival de la Feijoa – Tibasosa, Boyacá
  • Festival del sol y del acero – Sogamoso, Boyacá
  • Fiestas del mar – Santa Marta
  • International Poetry Festival of Medellín
  • Opera al Parque – Bogotá
  • Torneo Internacional del Joropo – Villavicencio

August

Festival de verano rio Tùa

  • Boyacá International Cultural Festival – Tunja, Boyacá
  • Colombiamoda – Medellín
  • Desfile de Silleteros – Medellín
  • Feria de las Flores – Medellín
  • Festibuga – Buga – Valle Del Cauca
  • Festival de Cometas – Villa De Leyva
  • Festival de la Bahía – Bahía Solano
  • Festival de Tiple y la Guabina – Veléz – Santander
  • Festival de Verano – Bogotá
  • Festival Folclórico del Litoral Pacifico – Buenaventura
  • Festival Petronio Alvarez – Cali
  • Fiesta del Petróleo – Barrancabermeja
  • Fiestas de La Cosecha – Pereira, Risaralda
  • Fiestas del Maíz – Sonsón, Antioquia
  • Fiestas Folclóricas – Capitanejo – Santander

September

  • Boyacá International Cultural Festival – Tunja, Boyacá
  • Concurso Nacional de bandas – Paipa, Boyaca
  • Feria Bonita – Bucaramanga
  • Festival Cuna de Acordeones – Villa Nueva – Guajira
  • Festival de la Talla en Piedra – Barichara
  • Festival de la Trova – Medellín
  • Festival de Música Folclórica – Socorro – Santander
  • Festival Internacional del Jazz del Teatro Libre – Bogotá
  • Festival Latinoamericano de Teatro – Manizales – Caldas
  • Fiestas de San Pacho – Quibdó – Chocó
  • Green Moon Festival – San Andrés Islas
  • Jazz al Parque – Bogotá

October

  • Concurso Nacional de Duos – Armenia – Quindio
  • Encuentro Mundial de Coleo – Villavicencio – Meta
  • Feria Internacional de Bogotá
  • Festival de Cine – Bogotá
  • Festival Latinoamericano de Danzas Folclóricas – Guacarí – Valle del Cuaca
  • Festival Nacional de Gaitas – Ovejas – Sucre
  • Festival y Reinado Nacional del Carbón – Barrancas – Guajira)
  • Reinado Nacional de la Cosecha – Granada – Meta
  • Reinado Nacional de Turismo – Girardot – Cundinamarca
  • Reinado Nacional del Turismo – Girardot – Cundinamarca

November

  • Concurso Nacional de Belleza – Cartagena
  • Festival del Caballo – Villa de Leyva
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente – Villa de Leyva
  • Festival Internacional Folclórico y Turístico del Llano – San Martin – Meta
  • Fiesta Nacional de la Agricultura – Palmira – Valle
  • Reinado Internacional de Coco – San Andres

December

  • Aguinaldo Boyacense – Tunja
  • Desfile de Danzas, Mitos y Leyendas – Medellin
  • Expoartesanias – Bogotá – CORFERIAS
  • Feria de Cali – Cali
  • Festival de Arte “Memoria e Imaginacion” – Cartagena
  • Festival de Luces – Villa De Leyva
  • Fiesta de Velas y Faroles – Quimbaya Quindio
  • Torneo Internacional de Contrapuenteo y La Voz Recia – Yopal Arauca

Regional and folkloric festivities

See also: Category:Folk festivals in Colombia

El Yipao (the jeep parade)

  • Candles and Lanterns Festival (Spanish: Fiesta de Velas y Faroles) is held in Quimbaya, Quindío on December 7 and 8. Each of the barrios in the township compete to produce the most spectacular lighting arrangements.
  • Carnival of Riosucio (Spanish: Carnaval de Riosucio) held in Riosucio, Caldas within the first two weeks of January every two years. In 2009 it was held from 2 to 8 January and in 2011 from 6 to 12 January. It remembers past traditions with a mixture of art, music and costumes by groups called cuadrillas, drinking the traditional guarapo carried in calabazos. During the carnival, the image of a cool and happy devil is exhibited.
  • Colombian Folklore Festival (Spanish: Festival Folklórico Colombiano) in Ibagué.
  • El dia de las velas, The day of the candles held on December 7.
  • Festival of the Wayuu Culture in La Guajira Department.
  • Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies in La Guajira Department.
  • Green Moon Festival (Spanish: Festival de la Luna Verde) celebrated in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, this is a unique festival with characteristics that make it different from any other festival in Colombia. Here the Afro-Caribbean influence is very strong, and predominance of the English-language lyrics of Calypso and Reggae.
  • Harvest Festival of Pereira (Spanish: Fiestas de la Cosecha de Pereira), in Pereira.
  • Joropo National Festival (Spanish: Festival Nacional del Joropo) in Villavicencio in December.
  • Medellin’s Tango Street (Spanish: Tangovía) on Carlos Gardel Avenue in the suburb of Manrique.
  • National Festival of the Dividivi in La Guajira Department.
  • Pubenza Festivities (Spanish: Fiestas de Pubenza), in Popayán, known for its competition of Chirimias (folkloric musical groups).
  • The Yipao or Jeep Parade in Armenia, Colombia

Film festivals

The Cartagena Film Festival is the oldest cinema event in Latin America. The central focus is on films from Ibero-America.

See also: Category:Film festivals in Colombia
  • Bogotá Film Festival
  • Cartagena Film Festival

Artistic and theatre festivals

The Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá is one of the biggest theater festivals in the world.

See also: Category:Theatre festivals in Colombia
  • The Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá) held annually in Tunja, is one of the biggest culture and arts festivals in Latin America.
  • The Ibero-American Theater Festival held in Bogotá every two years, is the biggest theater festival in the world.
  • The International Festival of Theater City of Manizales

Music festivals

See also: Category:Music festivals in Colombia

Folkloric and traditional

  • Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá, Tunja.
  • Colombia al Parque (Bogotá)
  • Cradle of Accordions Festival (Festival Cuna de Acordeones, Villanueva, La Guajira)
  • Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco (Neiva)
  • Festival of the Laurels (Distracción, La Guajira)
  • Pubenza Festivities (Popayán)
  • Salsa al Parque (Bogotá)
  • Vallenato Legend Festival (Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, Valledupar, in April or May. The festival is a celebration of vallenato music and also a competition to find the best accordionist of the year and to select the Vallenato King (Spanish: Rey Vallenato) among hundreds of participants from all over the country.
  • World Day of Laziness (Itagüí)

Other

  • Baum Festival (Bogotá)
  • Cali Underground (Cali)
  • Estéreo Picnic Festival (Bogotá)
  • Festival Internacional de Jazz (Bogotá)
  • Festival Latinoamérica de Concierto (Bogotá)
  • Hip Hop al Parque (Bogotá)
  • Jamming Festival (Bogotá)
  • Jazz al Parque (Bogotá)
  • Manizales Grita Rock (Manizales)
  • Ópera al Parque (Bogotá)
  • Rock al Parque (Bogotá) in July, is the second largest rock festival in Latinamerica, after Rock in Rio. Around 1000 rock bands have participated in this event; both local and international bands. Apocalyptica, Slipknot, Plastilina Mosh and Manu Chao have performed in Rock al Parque, among other internationally famous bands. The event is held annually in Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá. In 2004, 400,000 people took part in the event.
  • Storyland Festival (Cartagena)
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List of festivals in Canada

Awesome Festivals in Canada You Need To Go To

This is an incomplete list of festivals in Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

Province or territory

See also: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada by province or territory
  • List of festivals in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge)
  • List of festivals in British Columbia (Vancouver)
  • List of festivals in Manitoba (Winnipeg)
  • List of festivals in Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto)
  • List of festivals in Prince Edward Island
  • List of festivals in Quebec (Montreal)
  • List of festivals in Saskatchewan

City

See also: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada by city
  • List of festivals in Calgary
  • List of festivals in Edmonton
  • List of festivals in Lethbridge
  • List of festivals and parades in Montreal
  • List of festivals in Ottawa
  • List of festivals in Toronto
  • List of festivals in Vancouver
  • List of festivals in Winnipeg

Sublists by type

Main page: Category:Lists of festivals in Canada
  • List of film festivals in Canada
  • List of music festivals in Canada
  • List of jazz festivals #Canada
  • List of Canadian blues festivals and venues

Festivals by size

Attendance

As of 2013

  1. L’International des Feux Loto-Québec (Montreal), 3 million
  2. Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal), 2.5 million
  3. Winterlude (Ottawa), 1.6 million
  4. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), 1.6 million
  5. Just For Laughs (Montreal), 1.5 million
  6. Quebec City Summer Festival (Québec), 1.5 million
  7. Nuit Blanche Toronto, 1.2 million
  8. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), 1.3 million
  9. Calgary Stampede, 1.2 million
  10. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, 1.2 million
  11. Pride Toronto, 1.3 million
  12. Montréal En Lumière (Montreal), 0.9 million
  13. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), 0.9 million
  14. K-Days (Edmonton), 0.8 million
  15. Toronto International Film Festival, 0.5 million
  16. Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City), 0.5 million
  17. Folklorama (Winnipeg), 0.4 million
  18. Bluesfest (Ottawa), 0.3 million
  19. Carassauga (Mississauga), 0.3 million
  20. Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg), 0.1 million

Economic impact

As of 2010

  1. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, $470 million
  2. Calgary Stampede, $172.4 million
  3. Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau), $151 million
  4. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), $139 million
  5. Pride Toronto, $136 million
  6. Toronto International Film Festival, $135 million
  7. Just For Laughs (Montreal), $80 million
  8. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), $58.6 million
  9. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), $37 million
  10. Quebec Winter Carnival, $34 million

Festivals by type

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts festivals

See also: Category:Arts festivals in Canada
  • Alberta Culture Days
  • Algoma Fall Festival
  • ArtsPeak Arts Festival
  • Calgary Animated Objects Society
  • Eclipse Festival
  • Edgy Women
  • Festival Accès Asie
  • Great Northern Arts Festival
  • Infringement Festival
  • Kempenfest
  • London Ontario Live Arts Festival
  • Luminato
  • Mondial des Cultures
  • MUTEK
  • PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  • Sled Island
  • St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
  • Up Here Festival
  • Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale
  • The Works Art & Design Festival
  • Westfest
  • Woodstock en Beauce
  • World Ski and Snowboard Festival
  • Yukon International Storytelling Festival

Children’s festivals

See also: Category:Canadian children’s festivals
  • Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
  • Northern Saskatchewan International Children’s Festival
  • Ottawa International Children’s Festival
  • Winnipeg International Children’s Festival

Comedy festivals

See also: Category:Comedy festivals in Canada
  • HubCap Comedy Festival
  • FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
  • Halifax Comedy Festival
  • Just For Laughs, Montreal
    • Comedia (film)
    • Zoofest, Montreal
  • Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
  • Winnipeg Comedy Festival
  • We’re Funny That Way!

Cultural festivals

Main page: Category:Cultural festivals in Canada
  • Calgary Stampede
  • Carnaval de Québec
  • Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg
  • Festival of Northern Lights, Owen Sound, Ontario
  • Festival Western de Saint-Tite, Saint-Tite
  • Folklorama, Winnipeg
  • Friendship Festival, Fort Erie
  • Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario
  • MuslimFest, Toronto
  • Le Pays de la Sagouine, Bouctouche, New Brunswick
  • Pohela Boishakh, Calgary, Alberta.[3][4]
  • Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Caribana), Toronto
  • The Great India Festival, Ottawa, Ontario.[5]
  • Vaisakhi
  • Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo
  • Winterlude, Ottawa

Dance festivals

Main page: Category:Dance festivals in Canada
  • Canada Dance Festival
  • Canadian Ballet Festival
  • Festival TransAmériques
  • Mondial des Cultures
  • Thrill the World
  • Vancouver International Dance Festival

Fairs and exhibitions

Main page: Category:Fairs in Canada
  • Arts County Fair
  • Ayer’s Cliff Fair
  • Brome Fair
  • Brampton Fall Fair
  • Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (trade fair)
  • Calgary Stampede, Calgary
  • Canadian Lakehead Exhibition, Thunder Bay
  • Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
  • Canadian Western Agribition
  • Canada-Wide Science Fair
  • Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair
  • Drumbo Fall Fair
  • Driven To Perform (trade fair)
  • Expozine (book fair)
  • Expo 67 (world’s fair)
  • Expo 17 (world’s fair)
  • Edmonton Expo 2017 (world’s fair)
  • Expo 86 (world’s fair)
  • Floralies Internationales de Montréal (world’s fair)
  • Grande Prairie Stompede
  • Hants County Exhibition
  • Harrow Fair
  • K-Days, Edmonton
  • Lilac Festival (Calgary)
  • Markham Fair
  • Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show
  • Ottawa SuperEX (Central Canada Exhibition), Ottawa
  • Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver
  • Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg
  • Rockton World’s Fair
  • Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
  • Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
  • Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West
  • Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
  • Sasktoon Ex, Saskatoon
  • Scarboro Fair
  • Schomberg Fair
  • Salon du livre anarchiste (book fair)
  • Sooke Fall Fair
  • Spencerville Fair
  • Western Fair
  • Whoop-Up Days
  • World of Commodore (trade fair)

Film festivals

Main article: List of film festivals in Canada

Food festivals

Main page: Category:Food festivals in Canada
  • Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
  • Brighton Applefest, Brighton, Ontario
  • Canada’s Largest Ribfest, Burlington, Ontario
  • Eat! Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Exploits Valley Salmon Festival, Exploits Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Sun and Salsa Festival, Calgary, Alberta
  • Taste of the Danforth, Toronto, Ontario
  • A Taste of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta

Fringe festivals

See also: Category:Theatre festivals in Canada
  • Atlantic Fringe Festival
  • Calgary Fringe Festival
  • Edmonton International Fringe Festival
  • Island Fringe Festival
  • Ottawa Fringe Festival
  • Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival
  • St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
  • Vancouver Fringe Festival
  • Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Literary festivals

Main page: Category:Literary festivals in Canada
  • Banff Mountain Book Festival
  • Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
  • Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario
  • The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick
  • Vancouver Writers Fest
  • Winnipeg International Writers Festival
  • The Word on the Street
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List of festivals in Bangladesh

Festivals and Celebrations of Bangladesh

Religious observance

Eid prayer in Comilla

Durga puja in Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka

Muslim

  • Eid ul-Fitr – on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
  • Eid ul-Adha – on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar.
  • Chaand Raat – on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.
  • Ashura – on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
  • Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi – The Birth of the Prophet Muhammed’s 
  • Shab-e-Qadr
  • Shab-e-Baraat
  • Bishwa Ijtema

Hindu

  • Durga Puja – from the 2nd to the 7th day of Kartik month of the Bengali calendar.
  • Krishna Janmashtami – celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna
  • Dolyatra
  • Rathayatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra.
  • Kali Puja
  • Saraswati Puja
  • Ashtami Snan on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami (ninth day during the waxing phase of moon in Chaitra Month) as per Hindu Lunar Calendar

Buddhist

  • Buddha Purnima – Buddha’s Birthday
  • Madhu Purnima
  • Kathin Chibardan – offering of woven robe made of cotton to monks and nuns.

Christian

  • Boro Din or Christmas – on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar.
  • Easter Sunday

Patriotic and National Observances

  • Language Movement Day – (International Mother Language Day); Wearing colour:   
  • Genocide Remembrance Day
  • National day of mourning
  • Independence Day; Wearing colour:     
  • Armed Forces Day[22]
  • Martyred Intellectuals Day[23]
  • Victory Day; Wearing colour:     

Cultural festivals

Celebrations of Pahela Baishakh at Dhaka

Bangladeshi girls taking Selfie at Pahela Falgun festival.

General

  • Rokeya Day
  • Rabindra Jayanti
  • Nazrul Jayanti

Music

  • Dhaka World Music Festival (music)
  • Bengal Classical Music Festival
  • International Folk Festival

Folk

  • Pahela Baishakh – on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar and summer festival; also called Bangla Noboborsho; Wearing colour:   
  • Boshonto Utshob – Spring festival also known as Pohela Falgun; Wearing colour:  
  • Nabanna – Winter and harvest festival; Wearing colour:   
  • Borsha Utshob – Monsoon festival; Wearing colour:   
  • Nouka Baich – Boat racing festivals held after the monsoon when rivers are filled

Others

  • Bengal Original Culture Festival
  • Cinemaking International Film Festival
  • Dhaka Festival
  • Dhaka Art Summit
  • Hay Festival Dhaka
  • Dhaka Fashion Week
  • Dhaka International Film Festival
  • Chobi Mela International Photography Festival
  • CRACK International Art Camp
  • International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
  • Bioscope Children’s Photography Festival

Fairs

Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka

  • Ekushey Book Fair – in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar.
  • Dhaka International Trade Fair
  • National Tree Fair – Month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair.
  • National Fisheries Week and Fish Fair – Week-long National Fiash Trade and Fair.

Local events

Shakrain kite festival, Dhaka

  • Shakrain – in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar.
  • Jatiya Pitha Utsab – National Pitha (Cake) Festival.
  • Joy Bangla Concert – annual concert to mark the 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib.
  • Nouka Baich
  • Bisu Mela

Business Writing Services

Business Writing Services
Our business writing services can drastically help both new and established businesses, including small businesses and corporations as well as Internet businesses and traditional bricks-and-mortars businesses. Whether you need a professional business plan for internal purposes, to persuade investors, or a combination of both, our business writers can help.

If you are STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS then try out our business plan writing services. Any young and upcoming entrepreneur knows how important it is to have a great business plan to ensure the success of their business. Without a proper and thoroughly researched business plan you could be putting your young business at risk as well as find it hard to get sponsors as well as money lenders interested in whatever it is you are trying to sell them.

So why hire a business plan writing service? Such professional services are experts in starting and running businesses. Most businesses fail because they do not have an adequate plan. A business plan writing service with your help takes your business plan through a step by step phase covering all aspects that are required such as executive summaries, pitch decks, presentation designs just to name a few.

If you already have a business plan but not sure if it could stand up to the test these services provide a critical evaluation of your business plan ensuring that you are ready to stand up against the big guns.

If you are really green in the area of entrepreneurship a business plan writing service could help get you on your way. Some of their services include business plan seminars that brings all the team members up to speed on the do’s and don’ts surrounding all aspects OF BUSINESS planning as well as coaching to ensure that you understand the path you have chosen as well as prepare you for the difficult road ahead.

If you are lucky the business plan writing service that you choose would have a financial plan for those of you who have limited financial resources but still need help. Instead of turning their backs on you they offer you guidance in terms of prioritizing your business as well as supply you with templates so you can draft YOUR OWN BUSINESS plan. When you have completed your part you can return to them and they not only critique what you have, but they are willing to help you edit as well as format your business plan helping you on your way to success.

Seeking the right business plan writing service helps you to concentrate on building customers, recruiting staff and even making final adjustments to your product while the writing service you chose deals with all the beginning paper work. This is seen as a great help and is less stressful to you as an entrepreneur giving you the opportunity you need to settle nicely into your new CAREER.

Planning a stag weekend in Manchester

Planning a stag weekend in Manchester

Being trusted with the responsibility of organising your best friend’s stag weekend is a poisoned chalice. It has the potential to be one of the most memorable weekends of your best mate’s life, but, without a little planning, things can go downhill very quickly.

Deciding on hosting the stag weekend in Manchester, however, truly is one of the best decisions you could make and starts the weekend off on the right foot. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, here are our top tips for planning a stag weekend in Manchester.

Where to stay

Like any major UK city, you’re left spoilt for choice when it comes to finding somewhere to stay in Manchester.

It’s best to stay central and try and get as close as you can to Deansgate, Peter Street and the Deansgate Locks, as that’s where you will likely end up in the evening. In terms of types of accommodation, Manchester’s hotels cater for the entire spectrum of budgets. If you’re a large group, it could be worth looking into renting one of the many available weekend apartments, giving you a little more flexibility and a venue for the after-party.

Daytime activities

After dropping off your bags at your accommodation, you’ve got the whole day to fill before the big night out.

And, in this regard, Manchester does not disappoint.

Manchester is literally bursting at the seams with potential daytime activities, including paintballing, quad biking, clay pigeon shooting, Go Karting, golf or taking a tour around the stadium of either Manchester City or Manchester United football clubs. Any one of these activities is a great pre-cursor to the big night that lies ahead.

Bars

With over 500 licensed bars in the city centre, Manchester is one of the most well-equipped cities in the UK to host a stag weekend. The city has everything from wine bars, cafe bars, jazz bars and rock clubs, to sports bars. There’s something for every taste, no matter how quirky.

While it’s difficult to list the top bars in Manchester, and heading for the Deansgate Locks is as great a starting point as any, old favourites for stag weekends include Apotheca, in the Northern Quarter, The Liar’s Club, just off Bridge Street, and the Alchemist in Spinning fields.

Clubs

When it comes to clubbing, Manchester has everything you would expect, and more. Favourites such as Tiger Tiger have a base in the city, while K2 and the Birdcage also make great destinations for your stag weekend.

While the Manchester club scene is, on the whole, hospitable, some clubs have an issue with letting in large single-sex groups, as well as many having a strict dress code. It is, therefore, best to call ahead and book in advance in order to allow your stag weekend to run as smoothly as possible. Clubs like the Birdcage are an excellent choice as they accept table reservations for large groups.

Post-club entertainment

After a long day of activities, and plenty of beers, Manchester is also a great place for post-club entertainment. If you’re tired of dancing the night away, or just not that into clubbing, why not check out the nearest Casino? Playing roulette, blackjack or a bit of poker is a fantastic way to top off a great stag weekend.

Isla Tortuga – An Island Paradise

Isla Tortuga – An Island Paradise

Whenever we go on vacations to a tropical paradise, we always try to book an adventure or two throughout our week. On our most recent trip this past July to the Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica we decided that we were going to book an excursion to spend a day on Isla Tortuga. This is something that my wife and I wanted to do last year on our 10-year anniversary, but did not have the opportunity to book because we had waited so long. At that time, we decided that WHEN we came back to Costa Rica, it was a must.

 

The trip wasn’t too incredibly pricey, and you get quite a bit in the trip. Transportation to and from the location, breakfast with some fresh fruits, eggs, coffee, etc. A 90-minute catamaran cruise across the Gulf of Nicoya, lunch on the island, a couple of activities, and some open time to explore the area or swim at your leisure.   All of this put together made for one pretty amazing day with the kids.

 

Start The Day With A Shuttle

When we booked our trip, we were told that we would be picked up at 6:30am at the house that we were staying at. Being from a time zone that is normally two hours ahead, we didn’t have any issues getting everybody up and ready to go by that time. Got everything packed up and went to wait for our shuttle. The shuttle picked us up, and then had to make another stop in Jaco to pick up two more guests.

 

From there it was about an hour drive to Puntarenas where we would start our excursion. It is important to know that if you are staying south of Puntarenas, it could be a bit of a drive to get started, so don’t be shocked and make sure you research your location in regards to where you would be heading. For us, the drive was fine. Something about driving in Costa Rica just made the time go fast and the drives seem like nothing. There is some breathtaking scenery along the way.

 

A Wonderful and Delicious Breakfast

When we arrived to the docks we were taken into a restaurant where there were some other folks that would be joining the trip as well. The complimentary breakfast included some of the best fresh fruits, rice, eggs, endless coffee and some phenomenal juices. There were also some pastries that you could purchase extra as well. The breakfast was a nice size portion and is a good start to the day.

Since my kids seem to NEVER eat all of their breakfast, I went ahead and became a human disposal for their food as well. Had to load up on those carbs and protein for the day! We were at the restaurant for about a half hour before it was time to hit the docs and board the catamaran.

 

Cruising The Gulf of Nicoya

 

Prior to boarding the catamaran, each crew member was introduced so we could get to know the folks helping us over the next few hours. I have to say that this group of individuals was nothing short of fantastic. Each one of them was extremely helpful and polite. Most spoke good enough English, and then the main crew member spoke VERY good English. So you would not have any issues understanding instructions that are given.

 

Once we board the catamaran, there are more instructions given, and essentially a layout of the day. It’s about a 20 minute talking session, but this going on while we’re cruising, and over the speakers. So this meant that you could really sit anywhere you wanted to the boat and hear what you needed to hear. Now, our day started off fairly gray and rainy, but that was OK. We were still in Costa Rica, still on a catamaran with tropical drinks, and still able to see amazing scenery. So we were not letting that get us down.

 

More Cruising

During the cruise to the island, we are treated with more fresh pineapple and watermelon (some of the best I have ever had), and a tab is able to be started for adult beverages if you would like. There is a nice bar in the cabin of the catamaran and the drinks were fantastic. The crew was constantly on the move to grab your empty glasses from you so that you didn’t have to walk around.

 

I still can’t figure out how they were able to move so nimbly around, while I was having trouble standing in one spot without tipping over. In addition to this, there is also a great mix of music that is being played over the speakers. While you’re cruising along, there is a chance to sign up for one or both of the activities that they have on the island. One is snorkeling, and the other was the banana boat ride. We didn’t go on the banana boat, but we most certainly signed up for the snorkeling.

 

Isla Tortuga

Once we arrived to the island, this is where the fun really started to begin. Snorkeling was the first activity that was done, so we dropped our belongings off on the island. Then boarded the catamaran again so they could take us out to a small area to do some snorkeling for about 30-45 minutes. The snorkeling here was fantastic. The water was deep, but not too deep to where I couldn’t dive down and get some create shots with the camera. Since we were still in the gulf, the waves were not bad at all, so it made it easier to maneuver around.

 

The crew members are out there with you at all times. There were a couple of times where they would dive down to grab a starfish so the kids could see and touch. I even got to hold one! There are sea turtles somewhere in the vicinity of where we snorkeled, but we didn’t get the opportunity to see one. Once the snorkeling is wrapped up, you head back over the island for lunch.

 

Exploring the Island

Once lunch was done, we had about another 3 -4 hours where we could do as we pleased. Whether it was lay on the beach, get out in the water, or explore the areas that were open to us, we had plenty of time for it all. There’s a little gift shop of course, and then some other rentals such as jet skis that you could do that were not part. My favorite stand was the fresh coconut water with a couple of shots of rum in it.

$6 for a coconut that I had to carry with two hands and pretty much lasted the remainder of my time on the island. The island was just beautiful and the sun eventually came out for us which made it that much better. I spent the afternoon walking around, lounging in the water, and of course jumping off of rocks into the crystal clear water.

 

Heading Back Home

Once our time on the island was complete, we board the catamaran, say bye to the island.  We headed back to Puntarenas so we can grab the shuttle back to the house we were staying in. The cruise back took a little bit of a different route so we could see some different islands and learn more about the beautiful area. We even had the chance to see a pod of dolphins while cruising back, but were not lucky enough to have them swim along the boat. Oh well.

All in all, the day trip to Isla Tortuga was amazing. Everything about the trip was magical and it is definitely something that I would do again if we make it back to Costa Rica. I can’t say enough good things about the crew that we had, as they were extremely helpful and knowledgeable, and that really helps add to the trip itself. If you ever have the chance to take this trip while in Costa Rica, I highly recommend.

 

10 WAYS CONTENT FROM INFLUENCERS HELPS YOUR BUSINESS GROW

10 WAYS CONTENT FROM INFLUENCERS HELPS YOUR BUSINESS GROW

No matter what marketers do, there is still no form of marketing that rivals the effectiveness of good old word of mouth marketing. These days, with the increased rate of ad blocking, this tried-and-tested, old-school strategy is even more essential. In recent years, word-of-mouth marketing has evolved and influencers are now in the picture.

Influencers are your brand’s best advocates. They are social media users who have established credibility in a particular category. Influencers have the power to affect consumer purchasing decisions with their authority as opinion leaders.

Influencers typically have a large number of followers who read their content often and are influenced very subtly by it. That is why leveraging influencer-generated content to promote your brand can help your business grow quickly.

Let’s take a look at 10 of the best ways influencer-generated content helps grow your business.

1. Influencers promote your brand without being promotional.
Influencers generally talk about themselves in their content, including their surroundings and their ideas. They are not selling a brand directly when promoting it. Their content will strategically place your brand in the conversation so that consumers don’t even notice the fact that something is being sold to them on a subconscious level.

Every day, consumers get bombarded with hundreds of pieces of promotional content. It makes them tired, confused and indifferent about an ad. Eventually, they start to ignore those ads.

Influencer content, on the contrary, entertains consumers or solves their problem. It does so by including your products or services, making them relevant as well as believable in the context. Your job is done.

2. Hashtags improve discoverability.
When you search for a hashtag on social media, the search results display the most popular content using that hashtag first.

Influencers generate a lot of engagement with their content. There’s a good chance the content they create for you will easily be discovered when someone searches for a relevant hashtag. This improves your chances of reaching out to a larger audience.

You can come up with a unique branded hashtag that the influencers can promote for you. Or you can encourage them to participate in trending conversations by discovering relevant and popular hashtags.

Platforms like Hashtagify.me can help you identify popular hashtags that your influencers can use for their content.

3. Influencers improve your SEO.
Content created by influencers gives you lot of mentions in the online space, and these mentions generally include a link back to your website. You already know quality backlinks can improve your rankings. These links help your website perform better in organic search and thus, you will get more organic visitors.

However, you need to be careful with mentions, as not all mentions will be relevant, and not all mentions are right for your brand.

4. They expand your social media reach.
Consumers want to communicate with your brand. With the widespread use and popularity of social media, it’s the perfect channel for you to communicate with your customers.

Influencers can be your mediators or spokespeople on these channels. According to the Pew Research Center:

Influencers are everywhere on social media and their content gets shared, liked and discussed. Sometimes, it even becomes news. Their content can help drive real-time growth.

5. Their feedback matters.
Online reviews are crucial if your brand is selling a product or service. Feedback, or a genuine product review from an influencer with a wide network, can do wonders for you. It can encourage thousands of their followers to give your product a try.

6. Influencers boost your authority.
You can become a thought leader in your industry with the help of influencers. Influencers, in most cases, are experts in certain niches. That is one of the reasons they have amassed sizable followings.

You can look for an influencer who is an expert in your domain. When this expert creates content involving your brand, it is a way for them to vouch for you. By doing so, they help your business gain more authority.

7. They help your business earn consumer trust and loyalty.
Do you want trust and loyalty from your customers? Of course you do. Well, guess what? Influencers have already acquired both from their followers. In fact, that is why they have thousands of followers. When an influencer endorses you strategically, consumers associate the influencer’s trustworthiness with your brand. Eventually, they may also become loyal to your brand if they get what they expected.

8. Influencers boost your chances of going viral.
This doesn’t happen every day. But chances are that with the help of influencer-generated content, you could go viral. This can flood your website with visitors and may increase your customer base. At the very least, it will definitely increase your visibility. Apart from a smart and powerful influencer, you also need strategic content for it to go viral.

9. They help maintain your brand’s reputation.
Influencer-generated content can help you deal with any negative publicity surrounding your brand. The process can be lengthy, but with constant strategic effort, an influencer can change the negative perception to a positive one, or at least help bring it back to neutral.

10. Influencer marketing makes you a content-rich brand.
With influencer marketing, you or influencers (or both of you) will create quality content for your brand. The more consistent you are about posting quality content, the more consumers associate your brand with great content.

How To Get More Space On Your Pc

How To Get More Space On Your Pc

Storage room is essential for some clients – particularly if it’s on a cell phone or PC. Introducing applications and recreations, sparing melodies and motion pictures to any hard plate is brisk. So fast, that the framework regularly misses certain parts of memory. These parts do involve a measure of room.

This lost space can abandon you spending a ton of memory for reasons unknown by any stretch of the imagination. What’s more, you may surmise that your documents really take up all that space.

There are two manners by which we can recuperate and use these squandered parts. Cleaning your circle of ‘garbage’ documents, and reassigning all the memory to legitimate divisions on your hard plate.

How about we cover the quicker strategy first. Cleaning the ‘garbage’ records can recoup some measure of room, as well as rates up the PC. These ‘garbage’ records incorporate establishment documents, Windows Update documents and brief store memory from programs and framework forms.

Stage 1:

Place the cursor on the Cortana seek bar and sort ‘Plate Cleanup’. This is what might as well be called an Android store cleaning application. You can erase the records that are incidentally put away on the PC, particularly those that take up more memory.

Stage 2:

Starting from the drop menu, you can choose the drives that you need to target. We propose you begin with your essential hard circle parcel. Tap on ‘Tidy up framework documents’

Stage 3:

Once chose, you can see the measure of room you can free up and which organizers take up more memory.

Stage 4:

Guarantee that you select every one of the envelopes and hit ‘alright’. All the incidentally spared records will be cleared from your PC.

You can rehash similar strides for every single other parcel.

Defragmentation is the second strategy, and dissimilar to the Disk Cleaner, it doesn’t erase pointless documents. It improves every one of the records to possess the unused space.

Consider a bookshelf where a few books are put one, however with periodic holes. Along these lines, to make things more sorted out, you move the books into the holes and make more space for new books. Circle defragmentation works similarly, so with the a lot of information that is being rearranged, it will take up a bigger measure of time.

Differences and Similarities between a College and a University

Differences and Similarities between a College and a University

One of the toughest questions that students face after finishing high school is – “what next?” Choosing a college or a university that gets you a good job isn’t enough anymore. This new phase of life is also expected to teach you about survival skills and becoming successful in all spheres of life.

No wonder this is an important decision! Your higher education can define the person you become. The right qualifications from a reputed institute can set you up for life the way nothing else can.

I’m sure you must have definitely found yourself wondering about the similarities and differences between a college and a university several times. Many students have doubts and queries about what makes a college a college, and a university a university. As trivial as this question sounds, it is important to get it answered as your future rides on it.

To the layman, a university sounds much more coveted and prestigious as compared to a college or a community college that offers certificate courses. There are, however, many more factors to be taken into account before we can decipher the differences and similarities between a college and a university in the US.

The foremost difference between a college and a university is

A college offers only a single and specialized line of Study. A University, on the other hand, holds a collection of colleges and hence offers various courses. Colleges within university offer undergraduate degrees, while the university itself offers graduate degrees. For example, a student who attends Harvard gets his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and the graduate degree from Harvard University. Michigan State University is home to College of Business, College of Arts and Letters, College of Social Science, and many others.

 

Some of the other differences that might help you distinguish between the two are

  1. You need to have a Bachelor’s degree to get into a university.
    To apply for a Master’s or a PhD program at a university, you will first need to earn a Bachelor’s degree. It is only once you become a graduate that you can apply to post-graduate/professional courses. You therefore need to be equipped with college education to be able to progress on to university education.

 

  1. Colleges are smaller than universities.
    When it comes to classroom and campus sizes, a college tends to be much smaller than a university. This is because colleges put a limit on the number of students they accept in order to enable the faculty to provide more focus and attention to the academic needs of the students. This is necessary to prepare students for the next level of studies as that would determine how the rest of their life turns out.
  2. Teaching methodologies are more independent in universities.
    Universities are larger in size as well as hold a greater student density compared to colleges. Since the number of students is higher, it is not possible for the faculty to give them individualized attention. Most of the lessons and faculty time are divided between teaching and research. That requires you to be in charge of your studies, which means you are totally responsible for your education.
  3. Big universities may have several colleges under them.
    A university might have several colleges that offer Bachelor courses. These courses take about 2 to 3 years to complete, post which the student can qualify to continue in the same university to pursue higher education.
  4. Sports enthusiasts belong in universities.
    Typically, it is the universities that are able to cater to the needs of sports fans and athletes since they tend to have several health and athletic programs with the resources and sponsorships to support major teams. Since Ivy have bigger campuses, sportspersons can expect to be provided with high quality support infrastructure, equipment and training sessions.

 

A few similarities between colleges and universities

  1. The same type of Baccalaureate (Bachelor’s degree) can be conferred by colleges and universities.
    Students pursuing undergraduate courses have it easier than those pursuing graduate studies. Although many factors affect the level and quality of education in an institute, the same graduate degree that is earned at colleges, can be earned at universities also. In such cases, it is through the colleges run by universities.
  2. Highly reputed colleges are more selective than most universities.
    It’s not just accomplished universities that pick and choose their students; some of the reputed colleges do so too. This is necessary for such colleges because they need to maintain a certain level of quality not just in the education they provide but also in the kind of minds they attract.
  3. Many a time, these terms are used interchangeably.
    In the US, “going to college” can imply both attending a college or a university. For a lot of people, the size of the campus and the number of students are the biggest factors differentiating the two. However, not the size but the programs and the curriculum offered should be the chief determinants

The Bottom Line

The dividing line between colleges and universities has blurred greatly in the Unites States. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to choose what’s best for you and your career goals. Finding an institute that offers the kind of program you’re looking for is crucial to your development, so compromising on that front would be a big mistake. As long as the institute empowers your dreams, there is no need to worry about the rest.