This document lists and briefly describes various festivals from around the world, focusing on festivals involving hot air balloons, beer, water throwing, pumpkins, Pacific arts, Lord Ganesh's birthday, and Rio de Janeiro's Carnival. Some of the festivals mentioned include Oktoberfest in Munich, Songkran in Thailand, the Pumpkin Festival in Keene, New Hampshire, and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2. Hot Air Balloon Festivals (USA)

3. Hot Air Balloon Festivals (USA)

4. Hot Air Balloon Festivals (USA)

5. Hot Air Balloon Festivals (USA)

6. Tulip Festival , Seattle (USA)

7. Tulip Festival , Seattle (USA)

8. Hugglets Teddy Bear Festival (UK)

9. Hugglets Teddy Bear Festival (UK)

10. Munich Oktoberfest--Beer Festival

11. Munich Oktoberfest--Beer Festival

12. Munich Oktoberfest--Beer Festival

13. Munich Oktoberfest--Beer Festival
gulps down a litre of beer in a second
is a sight

14. Munich Oktoberfest--Beer Festival

15. Buy a gingerbread heart and give it to
a person you love

16. Giant Burger from Hamburger Festival
S. Korea

17. National Hamburger Festival, USA

18. Sunderland Kite Festival (England)

19. Sunderland Kite Festival (England)

20. Sunderland Kite Festival (England)

21. Pamplona Bull Run, Spain

22. Pamplona Bull Run, Spain

23. Pamplona Bull Run, Spain

24. Pamplona Bull-running in water

25. The Battle of the Oranges (Italy)

26. The Battle of the Oranges (Italy)

27. New Orleans' Mardi Gras

28. New Orleans' Mardi Gras

29. New Orleans' Mardi Gras

30. Turkish Festival (Washington D.C.)

31. Whirling Dervishes Ceremony is to
honour Rumi, Islam’s greatest poet

32. Turkish Festival (Washington D.C.)

33. Songkran Water Festival-----Thailand

34. Chiang Mai Songkran Water Festival----Thailand

35. Chiang Mai Songkran Water Festival-----Thailand

36. Book Festival (USA)

37. Book Festival (USA)
David Wiesner shows a sketch from his Caldecott winning
book, "Flotsam

38. Book Fair (Hong Kong)

39. Aomori Nebuta Festival (Japan)

40. Aomori Nebuta Festival (Japan)

41. Loople Sendai (Japan)

42. The Cherry Blossom Festival (Japan)

43. The Cherry Blossom Festival (Japan)

44. Shoton festival in Tibet, China

45. Shoton festival in Tibet, China

46. Shoton festival in Tibet, China

47. Shoton festival in Tibet, China

48. Shoton festival in Tibet, China

49. La Tomatina, Bunol (Spain)

50. La Tomatina, Bunol (Spain)

51. La Tomatina, Bunol (Spain)

52. La Tomatina, Bunol (Spain)

53. La Tomatina, Bunol (Spain)

54. Folk Culture Festival (South Korea)

55. Folk Culture Festival (South Korea)

56. Mud Festival (South Korea)

57. Mud Festival (South Korea)

58. Mid-Autumn Festival , H.K.

59. Mid-Autumn Festival (Fire dragon dance)

60. Cheung Chau Bun Festival

61. Cheung Chau Bun Festival

62. Taiwan Lantern Festival

63. New Year's Lantern Festival, Taipei

64. Taiwan Lantern Festival (2007)

65. Lotus Lantern Festival, Seoul

66. Harbin Ice Festival (CHINA )

67. Harbin Ice Festival (CHINA )

68. Harbin Ice Festival (CHINA )

69. Harbin Ice Lantern Festival (CHINA)

70. The Menton Orange & Lemon Festival
(France)

71. The Menton Orange & Lemon Festival
(France)

72. The Menton Orange & Lemon Festival

73. Alkmaar Cheese Festival (the Netherlands)

74. The cheese porters carry the cheese on cradle-like racks

75. Alkmaar Cheese Festival

76. Keene Pumpkin Festival

77. The Pumpkin queens

78. Pumpkin Car Races
Carve a pumpkin

79. King Pumpkin of 2010

80. Festival of Pacific Arts

81. Festival of Pacific Arts

82. Festival of Pacific Arts

83. Indians throw coloured water and powder at
each other to celebrate the coming of Spring

85. Ganesh Chaturthi Festival-- Birthday of Lord Ganesh
India

86. Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, India

87. Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, India

88. Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, India

90. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

91. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

92. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

93. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil