It is an amazing adventure when travelling overseas. One of the greatest lessons one can acquire by going overseas is that every culture has its own crotchets and eccentricities, but is of level importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. The mix of each regions’ culture creates a magnificent cultural story of the world. Different cultures celebrate their holidays very differently depending on where they are from. Looking at the 3 prominent regions, we can picture how South Americans, Chinese and Indians celebrate holidays.

South America holidays are primarily Catholic in nature. Some of the most popular holidays in South America are Saints carnivals; holidays like Dia de Todos Los Santos celebrate all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. People are oftentimes named for the saint whose day they were born on. One of the most best-known 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 vast celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.

Holidays in China can be very different for the locals and are very dissimilar to other countries. China is a land where the sacred and orthodox meets the modern-day and the eccentric. The chinese celebrate their holidays with great spiritual importance. Chinese New Year also known as the spring festival is the largest holiday celebrated in China. Virtually all of the different ethnic groups in China hold the day sacred, partaking in many rituals and ceremonials to ascertain luck in the coming year. Modern holidays like Women’s Day are also embraced where all women in China are allowed to take time off.

Holidays in India have a different tone than either of the aforementioned nations. 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 natal day has been declared as a day of non-violence, and no alcohol 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 wonderful and exciting holidays seen abroad.