The document provides information on several festivals and events around the world, including: 1) The Kanathoor Nalvar Bhoothasthanam festival in Kerala, India celebrates Theyyam dances and is held between December 6th and January 6th. 2) The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California features flower-covered floats and takes place on January 1st each year. It requires thousands of volunteer hours to organize. 3) Japan's Wakakusa Yamayaki festival in Nara involves lighting a hillside on fire which can be seen throughout the city. It occurs annually on the fourth Saturday of January. 4) Sundance Film Festival is held each January

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2. KANATHOOR NALVAR BHOOTHASHANAM – INDIA
Theyyam festival is celebrated by the people of Kerala known
as Kanathoor Nalvar Bhoothasthaam. Men of the northern
Kerala perform the ritual dance during the festival. These
traditional dances thus provide the visitors a great
opportunity to have a closer glance to the culture of the local
people. These performances are specially performed on the
eve of New Year. Theyyam has almost 400 kinds of historic
characters dedicated to it. The other attractions of festival are
the various costumes used, Art of Body Painting, the
performances of various heroic characters. These shrines and
mythological place adds to purification of the surroundings.
Time for Kanathoor Nalvar Bhoothasthanam Festival
Kerala also termed as God’s own country celebrates
Kanathoor Nalvar Bhoothasthanam festival. This festival is
celebrated on the occasion of the eve of New Year and is
linked to the Theyyam festival. Generally it is celebrated
between 6th December and 6th January. This festival attracts
numerous tourists and gives a splendid view to devotees who
join this festival. It is majorly expected to be performed from
28th of December to 1st of January. The dance performed in
the festival is a real treat for the eyes of the visitors who plan
their trip specially to be part of the festival.
When: December 28, 2017 to January 1, 2018.
Where: Kanathoor village, Karasgod district, Kerala.
report – discoveredindia

3. ROSE BOWL PARADE – CALIFORNIA
The Rose Parade will start at 8:00am PST. On January
1, 2019, the world focuses its attention on Pasadena,
California, USA, home of the Rose Parade and Rose
Bowl Game. It’s a celebration more than a century old
– a festival of flowers, music and sports unequaled
anywhere else in the world. It’s America’s New Year
Celebration, a greeting to the world on the first day of
the year, and a salute to the community spirit and
love of pageantry that have thrived in Pasadena for
more than 100 years.
An event as large as the Tournament of Roses requires
about 80,000 hours of combined manpower each
year. That manpower is supplied by 935 members of
the non-profit Tournament of Roses Association, a
volunteer organization dedicated to presenting an
internationally-recognized New Year’s celebration.
Each volunteer is assigned to one of 31 committees,
with responsibilities ranging from selecting parade
participants to directing visitors on New Year’s Day, to
hosting the press headquarters for media coverage of
the Rose Bowl Game, to giving presentations about
the Tournament to community groups.
When: January 1
Where:California
report – tournamentofroses

4. WAKAKUSA YAMAYAKI – JAPAN
The Wakakusa Yamayaki is an annual festival during
which the grass on the hillside of Nara‘s Mount
Wakakusayama is set on fire. The mountain is located
at the eastern end of Nara Park, and when it is set
alight it can be seen throughout the city. The burning of
the mountain itself is preceded by a fireworks display.
The festival takes place every year on the 4th Saturday
of January, but may be delayed to a later date in case of
bad weather.
Todaiji Temple, Kofukuji Temple and Kasuga Shrine are
all involved with the ceremonies of the festival. The
Wakakusa Yamayaki has been taking place for hundreds
of years and its precise origins are unclear. One theory
claims that the burning of the mountainside began
during boundary conflicts between Nara’s
great temples, while another claims the fires were used
to drive away wild boars.
Where: Nara, Japan
When: 27 January 2018
report – japan-guide.com

5. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – USA
The Sundance Film Festival, a program of
the Sundance Institute, is a film festival that takes
place annually in Park City, Utah. it is the largest
independent film festival in the
United States Held in January in Park City and Salt
Lake City, Utah, as well as at
the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for
new work from American and
international independent filmmakers. The festival
comprises competitive sections for American and
international dramatic and documentary films,
both feature films and short films, and a group of
out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New
Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Premieres and
Documentary Premieres. The 2017 Sundance Film
Festival took place from January 19 to January 29,
2017
Where: Park City, Utah – USA
When: 18 January – 28 January 2018

6. CARNIVALE DI VENEZIA – ITALY
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale
di Venezia) is an annual festival held
in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with
the Christian celebration of Lent, forty
days before Easter, on Shrove
Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras),
the day before Ash Wednesday. The
festival is world famous for its elaborate
masks.
Where: Venice – Italy
When: 27 January – 13 February 2018

7. RIO CARNIVAL – BRAZIL
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held
before Lent every year and considered the biggest
carnival in the world with two million people per
day on the streets. The
typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers,
floats, and adornments from numerous samba
schools which are located in Rio. Dressed in
beautiful costumes these amazing dancers parade
through the Sambadrome; official balls & parties
are held at Copacabana Palace. And the streets
come alive with the mini festivals instigated by
locals where formality and structure are left far
behind as music and dancing become the order of
the day.
Where: Pingxi, Taiwan – Republic of China
When: 2 March 2018
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8. SUNBURN FESTIVAL – INDIA
Sunburn Festival is Asia’s biggest music
festival and attracts more than
350,000 people and hundreds of artists. In
its 11th Year, sunburn promises to give
another enthralling experience to their fans
via their exciting lineup. In 2016, Sunburn
Festival rebranded
itself to Sunburn Hills as it had to shift from
Goa to Pune. Sunburn knows how to provide
quality music to the fans and give them an
experience that they’ll never forget. Sunburn
showcases more than 100
artists across multiple stages.
Sunburn Festival is India’s biggest festival as
it hosts some of the big names from the
dance music industry. This edition will also
some special live acts such as Madboy/Mink,
Zoya and others.
report – sunburn

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