Vacation Experiences to South America, China and India
It is an amazing adventure when traveling abroad. Every culture has its own quirks and eccentricities, but is of equal importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. The mix of each regions’ culture creates a magnificent cultural story of the world. Each culture is different in their customs, festivities and most interestingly, their holidays. In examining three spectacular world cultures, we can see how South Americans, Chinese, and Indians celebrate holidays.
South America holidays are primarily Catholic in nature. Saints festivals are some of the most common holidays in South America; holidays like Dia de Todos Los Santos celebrate all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. South Americans usually get their names based on the saint whose day they were born on. One of the most renowned festivals in South America is Carnaval, the equivalent of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. This festival celebrates the day before the forty-day Catholic festival of Lent and involves massive celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.
Holidays in China are very different in comparison to other countries. China is a country where the religious and traditional meets the modern and the eccentric. The chinese celebrate their holidays with great spiritual importance. The spring festival, or Chinese New Year, is the largest holiday celebrated in China. Everyone in China take Chinese New Year really seriously and hold the day sacred, partaking in rituals and customs to ensure a seamless year ahead. A more modern holiday is Woman’s Day, a day that all women in China are permitted to take off work.
Holidays in India have a different tone than either of the aforementioned countries. These holidays range from those related to Hinduism to Christian holidays, to Muslim celebrations. For people in India, holidays come every day of the year. A civic holiday celebrated by most is the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi’s birthday has been declared as a day of non-violence, and no booze is traded on this day in his respect.
World travel is made more interesting when you research a little bit about the culture in which you’ll be visiting. These holidays are a short list of the many marvelous and exhilarating holidays seen abroad.
