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Year of the Dragon celebrations are held in Trafalgar Square

Year of the Dragon festivities are held throughout the day on the 10th anniversary of Chinese New Year celebrations to be held at one of the main...

by Graham Lawrence in United Kingdom on 29/01/2012

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Sikhayan Festival commemorates city's 220th year - Santa Rosa

Residents celebrate the 220th year of their city's foundation during the 14th Sikhayan Festival. Highlights include a bazaar in the city's...

by Ezra Acayan in Philippines on 18/01/2012

Our World

London's 26th New Year's parade

London's New year's parade was the first official event in a year of celebrations to mark Her Majesty Diamond Jubilee. More than 10,000...

by David Mbiyu in United Kingdom on 01/01/2012

BREAKING NEWS

29/01/2012 - Year of the Dragon celebrations are held in Trafalgar Square - United Kingdom - Year of the Dragon festivities are held...
18/01/2012 - Sikhayan Festival commemorates city's 220th year - Santa Rosa - Philippines - Residents celebrate the 220th year of...
01/01/2012 - London's 26th New Year's parade - United Kingdom - London's New year's parade...
01/01/2012 - Thousands in London for the New Year's Parade - United Kingdom - London's New year's parade...
26/12/2011 - Christmas Celebrations Continue in Beirut - Lebanon - Christmas Celebrations continued in the...
25/12/2011 - Christmas Day GOAL Mile run a huge success - Dublin - Ireland - The flagship GOAL mile run took place...
25/12/2011 - Hundreds take part in traditional Christmas Day swim - Dublin - Ireland - Hundreds of people, including members...
21/12/2011 - Christmas celebration at St. Mary Missionary School in Hyderabad - Pakistan - Members of the Christian Community...
21/12/2011 - Christmas Market in Frankfurt busy before the holidays - Germany - The Christmas Market in Frankfurt is...
21/12/2011 - Santa Claus distributes Christmas trees at Jaffa Gate – Jerusalem - Israel - The Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish...

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Nawam Perahara - Sri Lanka Annual Buddhist Procession
Hundreds of traditional dancers, drummers, decorated elephants and Buddhist monks took part in the procession that was held on the full moon. 7th February 2012
Annual Thaipusam festival celebrated - Kuala Lumpur
The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, which commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons, was celebrated by som...
Closing ceremony of Grand Trade Festival - Peshawar
Women take keen interest in fabrics at a stall on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the Grand Trade Festival, which is organized by the Women's Chamber of Commerce and Indust...
Tai Poosam Festival celebrated in Tiruvannamalai
Celebrating Tai Poosam Festival on a full moon night, Goddess Apitakuchambika, consort of Lord Shiva, is taken in procession on a magnificently decorated float, built at a cost of USD 2...
Thaipusam Festival celebrated at Batu Caves - Malaysia
Hindu devotees celebrated Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur as thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the population, participated in the annual thanks...
Thaipusam Celebration in Penang
The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon day in the Tamil calendar, took place in honour of the deity Lord Murugan. Georgetown, Malaysi...
Italian and Palestinian women's U19 teams hold friendly match
The Italian and Palestinian women's U19 national teams face off in Hebron. The match ended in a 7-0 win for the Italian team. Palestinian Territory. 7th February 2012
Thaipusam Celebration in Penang - Malaysia
Reports of a million people turned up in Penang as the procession starts on the morning before Thaipusam. 6th February 2012
Jason Segel is Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Man of Year 2012
Actor Jason Segel, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", "The Muppets", was chosen as Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Man of the Year, 2012,and give...
Celebration of Thaipusam Festival in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of Hindu devotees come to the Lord Murugan temple during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wang Kang Festival or The King Barge Festival - Kuala Lumpur
Taoist Devotees held a "Wang Kang" procession through Malacca Town, south of Kuala Lumpur. The procession is held around town to collect lost souls, for them to rest in peace ...
Spring Festival Taiwan 2012 - Argentina
The Spring Festival or Chinese New Year celebration in China town by Taiwanese residents in Argentina. Buenos Aires. 5th February 2012.
Kala Ghoda street Festival
Kala Ghoda is an annual street festival which takes place in Mumbai, between the 1st and 2nd weekends of February. Events include art installations, puppet shows and traditional dances....
Chap Goh Meh Festival in Indonesia
The Lantern Festival (also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China; Chap Goh Meh Festival in Indonesia, took place in Bogor, approximately two weeks after the star...
Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of people participated in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in which devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance, held in the c...
Hindu festival of Thaipusam
Thousands of Malaysian Hindu devotees participated in the annual celebration of Thaipusam at the Batu Caves temple 30 km outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7th February 2012
Thaipusam festival celebrated in Kuala Lumpur
Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of Malaysia's 28 million total population, participated in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in the capital at the Batu Ca...
62-gun salute celebrates Queen’s diamond Jubilee
Her Majesty the Queen renewed her vow to serve as monarch as she made a low-key start to five months of diamond jubilee celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne. A 62-gun salute ...
Wang Kang Festival underway in Malaysia
Taoist devotees burn a barge for the Wang Kang Festival in Pulau Melaka. It was said that a day after the Wang Kang is burnt, the temple doors will be closed for three days. Malaysia. 6...
Chinese Spring festival celebrations in Kathmandu
Chinese artists perform a cultural program to mark the Chinese Spring Festival welcoming the Chinese year of the Dragon in Kathmandu. This program was organized on the theme of "Ne...