{"id":5968,"date":"2021-06-16T20:52:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2023-02-12T22:18:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:18:28","slug":"beyond-the-sights-and-tourist-attractions-the-most-fascinating-festivals-around-asia-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/general-info\/beyond-the-sights-and-tourist-attractions-the-most-fascinating-festivals-around-asia-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Sights and Tourist Attractions \u2013 The Most Fascinating Festivals Around Asia (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stepping Beyond the Usual Tourist Trails<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Do you want to add a truly local\ntwist to your next holiday? Dive deep into the fun and vibrancy of the\ndestinations and cultures you visit on your holiday travels by experiencing and\ncelebrating their unique festivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asia offers a distinctive\ncultural experience from destination to destination, where the underlying\ntropes and traditions take on new life and interpretations within each nation\u2019s\nunique historic context. Festivals in Asia are an interesting blend of\nreligious beliefs, lifestyles, and traditions that have evolved over hundreds\nof years. These exciting and colourful events share with visitors a delightful\ninsight into the lives and cultures of the people who call Asia home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asia\u2019s distinctive panoply of festivals\nbring people of all backgrounds together to enjoy life in that moment and share\nimportant cultural experiences together. While there are indeed incredible\nfestivals celebrated all over the world, here at Secret Retreats we believe\nthat Asia\u2019s festivals offer visitors the superlative experience, with the\nlargest, most colourful, most vibrant and often most fascinating celebrations\nthat travellers can experience anywhere in the world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a truly immersive travel\nexperience it\u2019s a great idea to schedule your trip around festival dates in the\ndestinations you plan to visit. Our vast collection of properties and journeys\nin Asia are essentially a cache of travel inspiration meant to offer ideas on\nhow to best combine each country\u2019s most unique destinations, accommodations, and\npoints of interest. Discuss your next holiday hopes with our team of travel concierges,\nand they will create a tailor-made, personalized travel itinerary, infusing\nunforgettable cultural experiences into your journey and festival memories that\nwill last a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Thailand\u2019s Water festival, the\nlargest water-fight in the world, to what must certainly be the most colourful\nfestival in the world, Holi \u2013 The Festival of Colours, in India. In this first\nof our 2-part edition on festivals, we share with you the first 5 of 10\nmust-see cultural festivals in Asia. Contact the Concierges now and start\nplanning your next luxury holiday in Asia filled with rich and rewarding\nimmersive travel experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holi – Festival of Colors <\/strong>
India<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Holi, the Festival of Colour, is a cacophony of colour, laughter, wholesome fun and good-natured pranks. It is without doubt the country\u2019s most famous annual celebration and for sure one of the world\u2019s most photogenic festivals too. Probably as a result of the amazing images shared in social media sites, this festival is now gaining popularity globally. A Hindu festival, the Holi Festival is held on the day after the first full moon in March and marks the beginning of spring. Symbolically, the festival and its rituals and celebrations represent the triumph of good over evil, love, fertility, a great upcoming harvest and all things magically colourful. Also known as the \u201cFestival of Love\u201d, on this day people let their resentments and arguments of the past year go, the goal is to remove all types of bad feeling towards each other, and celebrate unity and understanding, togetherness and love. Holi is celebrated by throwing and applying colourful powders on each other, in myriad hues of jubilance. Traditionally the rainbow of coloured powders used during the Holi Festival are made by mixing primary colours from natural pigments. Beetroot, tea, sandalwood and hibiscus, a wide variety of plants, vegetables, trees and flowers are used to create the colours of Holi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The atmosphere is incredible as people gather and wander the\ntowns and cities playing instruments and throwing the colourful powders, often\nmixed with water throwing, at everyone and anyone they come across. Although\ncelebrated throughout the country largely for 2 days, there are a few places\nrenowned for the most vibrant and spectacular parties with music, food, water\nfights and lots of dancing, at which all visitors are warmly welcomed to\nparticipate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Places to Celebrate Holi: <\/em>
Matheran, Uttar Pradesh, between Delhi and Agra, and the birthplace of Lord Krishna – the Hindu God most associated with the Holi festival.

Jaipur, the Pink City of Rajasthan, with the highlight being the party in the palace.

Shantiniketan in Bolpur city, West Bengal. Also known as the Festival of Spring, at this small city close to Kolkata (150kms) Holi is celebrated enthusiastically by students, with cultural shows, music and dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in India<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Songkran <\/strong>– Water Festival<\/strong>
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Water Festival is one of Asia\u2019s most notorious and\nwidespread festivals. Known by a variety of names across the region, the\nfestival celebrates the Buddhist New Year and is calculated in accordance with\nthe solar calendar. The festival is held in mid-April, typically over 3 days\ncomprising the last day of the old year, the transitional day between the old\nand the new year, and the first day of the new year. Celebrated with a variety\nof rituals in temples and at home, the water splashing is the most ubiquitous\nand obvious of the festival\u2019s observances. Coming at the hottest time of the\nyear, the cooling waters are often welcome, although with the use of water-pistols\nand the often over-enthusiastic deliverance of the \u2018blessings\u2019, you best\nprepare yourself for a thorough dousing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in Thailand<\/a> <\/td> Discover Journeys in Laos<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, the water splashing symbolizes the washing\naway of the past year\u2019s troubles and sins, with the blessing preparing you for\na clean, fresh start for the new year. Water, often scented, is gently poured\nover you with a blessing. Although on the streets of the villages, towns and\ncities this has amplified to buckets and waterguns full of water to thoroughly\n\u2018clean\u2019 you of last year\u2019s missteps and troubles. But considering the festival\ncoincides with the hottest month of the year, this has to be the most fun, exhilarating\nand welcome water fight you will ever attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare to get wet and keep your money and camera\/phone dry\nand buy a water gun and join in with the locals, young and old, to celebrate\nthe most important and exciting day of the year. The festival is most\nenthusiastically celebrated in Bangkok and Chiang Mai \u2013 Thailand, Luang Prabang\nand Vang Vieng \u2013 Laos, Yangon \u2013 Myanmar, and Phnom Penh \u2013 Cambodia. The\nfestival goes by various names, and it\u2019s known as Songkran in Thailand, Boun\nPimai in Laos, Chol Chnam Thmay in Cambodia, and Thingyan in Myanmar with the\nmain tourist spots all holding superbly refreshing celebrations along with more\ntraditional observances at temples and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in Cambodia<\/a><\/td>Discover Journeys in Myanmar<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nyepi – Bali’s Day of Silence<\/strong>
Bali, Indonesia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Nyepi commemorates the \u2018Hindu Day of Silence\u2019 and also marks\nthe start of the Hindu New Year. The main purpose of Nyepi Day is to pray for\nthe purification of humanity, earth, and the universe – something very much\nneeded these days on so many levels. In the lead up to Nyepi Day, ceremonies\nare held in every village on the island where Hindu devotees organize lively,\nand noisy, parades in wonderful contrast to the calmness of the Day of Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening before Nyepi day, the Balinese hold the Ngrupuk\nParade. Here they carry large statues, known as Ogoh Ogoh, through Bali\u2019s\nstreets. These giant monstrous effigies are constructed of a mix of wood,\nbamboo, paper, paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 and Styrofoam, ensuring the dolls are not too heavy\nto carry. They are paraded on bamboo platforms through the village or town.\nCreated in the image of demons and evil spirits from Hindu mythology they\nrepresent the negative aspects of living things, and the misuse and\nexploitation of nature and environment. The images often incorporate design to criticize\nsociety and current issues with many Ogoh Ogoh bought by collectors after the\nfestival. The parade ends with the burning of some of the Ogoh Ogoh as a rite\nof purification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the procession Bali enters 24hrs of silent\ncontemplation, from 6am to 6am the following day. People are forbidden to leave\ntheir houses, with the Pecalang, traditional community security, patrolling the\nstreets to ensure the silence is being maintained. The airport is closed, the\nroads fall silent and even the internet is shut down. Everything must be\nswitched off, no TV, no music, no noise at all. The Balinese use this day to\nfast, meditate, practice yoga and contemplate self-improvement, in silence. Legend\nhas it that the silence fools malevolent spirits into believing there is no one\nleft on the island for them to influence or possess, and so they leave. The\nisland\u2019s symphony of life reconvenes at 6am the following day, refreshed and\nwith one\u2019s actions and impact on the environment reconsidered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in Indonesia<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

T\u1ebft – Vietnamese Lunar New Year<\/strong>
Vietnam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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While the Lunar New Year is perhaps China\u2019s most important\nannual festival, it is also an event that is celebrated in many countries around\nAsia including Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. And no-one\ndoes it better than the Vietnamese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is typically assumed that the Vietnamese are celebrating\nChinese New Year, yet while both countries use the lunar calendar, the Vietnamese\npeople have a quite different set of Lunar New Year customs, celebrations, and\ntraditions from China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Vietnam, T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n or T\u1ebft for short, is their most\nimportant holiday and festival of the year. More important than January 1st<\/sup>\nfor the Vietnamese, T\u1ebft is very much the Vietnamese New Year. Marking the\narrival of spring as based on the Lunar calendar, the name T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n\ntranslates as \u2018Feast of the very First Morning of the First Day\u2019. New Year by\nany other name. And what better way to welcome a New Year than with dining,\nlots and lots of dining, and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation for T\u1ebft begins in earnest one or two weeks\nbefore the celebration with the streets and markets bustling with busy people\nin the days leading up to the celebrations. Preparing in advance is essential\nbecause Vietnam will grind to a halt once the festival starts. With the whole\nnation joining in the celebrations, shops, businesses and markets will all be\nclosed. The activity becomes frenetic as the festival comes closer with shopping,\nspring cleaning homes and setting up decorations to welcome the New Year. And\nperhaps most importantly, cooking a rich array of traditional Vietnamese food to\nbe ready to welcome family members home to celebrate the coming of the New Year\nand to look forward together to the new opportunities this turn of the calendar\nwill bring to the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in Vietnam<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thaipusam – The Day of Prayer and Penance<\/strong>
Malaysia <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Celebrated by ethnic Tamil Hindus worldwide, Thaipusam festival\nis best enjoyed in Malaysia where it is definitely one of the largest and most\nextravagant Hindu Festivals in Asia. The festival is held in January in honour\nof the Hindu God, Lord Murugan, a God of Gods, who is also revered as the Hindu\nGod of War and Triumph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thaipusam celebrates the vanquishing of evil and the\novercoming of obstacles. According to ancient Hindu texts, Soopradaman, an evil\nAsura or demon, had conquered the three realms of hell, earth and heaven, and\ntook the gods hostage. The evil Asuras embody hatred, greed and arrogance. The\ngoddess Parvati gave her son, Lord Murugan, a divine spear or \u2018Vel\u2019 which Lord\nMurugan used to fight and kill the Asuras and freed the gods and restored peace\nto the heavenly realms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Malaysia, some of the country\u2019s most impressive\ncelebrations take place at the Batu Caves just outside of Kuala Lumpur. Said to\nbe 400 million years old, this series of large caves are naturally carved out\nof a limestone hill and house a shrine dedicated to Lord Murugan that is a\nmajor pilgrimage site for all Hindus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival starts early in the morning with 100s of 1,000s\nof devotees parading to the caves from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Kuala\nLumpur. From here, they parade the 10miles to the caves barefoot, with many carrying\nlarge vessels, beautifully decorated with flowers, peacock feathers and images\nof the god, filled with milk as offerings to Lord Murugan. The vessels, called\n\u2018kavadi\u2019, include clay pots, some weighing in excess of 100kgs, and may be\nencased in metal frames with hooks and skewers that pierce the skin of the\nbearers of the kavadi. Offerings are also made at Lord Murugan’s temples and\nshrines by devotees of fruits and flowers in yellow or orange colours as it is\nbelieved this is the God\u2019s preferred colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On arrival at the caves the parade climbs the stairway to\nthe Temple Cave, a flight of 272 steps, an arduous climb even without a\nskin-piercing kavadi of milk to carry and after a 10mile barefoot hike. On\ncompleting the climb, consecrated ash is sprinkled over the metal spikes\npiercing the kavadi bearers\u2019 torsos before the piercings are removed. Magically\nthe bearers\u2019 wounds do not bleed before or after the removal of the piercings. This\nis dedication and devotion on a grand scale, and truly an example of the\nconquering of obstacles, triumphantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Journeys in Malaysia<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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With many, many more fascinating and wonderful festivals taking\nplace throughout the year and across the fascinating continent of Asia, we hope\nthat this list inspires you to plan your next holiday, with the help of our\nconcierges, to take in and experience one of the many incredible festivals\ncelebrated in Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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