Bulgaria is well-known for its reach Christmas traditions. Family dinner, sitting around the fireplace and carol singing are among the most famous activities around the festive season. It is believed that the Christmas diner must be over – abundant so that the coming year would be rich and favorable. Traditional Christmas diner contained 12 different dishes [...]

Christmas is becoming more internationally celebrated. The trend came as far as to the Country of rising Sun. Mainly due to American postoccupation influence Christmas is being widely celebrated in Japan.  Even though it is not a public holiday however it includes most attributes of the fest  such as Christmas tree, gift-giving and Santa Claus. By [...]

In Newfoundland Christmas is celebrated with wide hospitality and generosity, food and drinks are consumed in a large quantities. Brews of beer are prepared in advance before the Christmas season starts. During the holidays women make lots of cookies and fruit cakes, open jars of preserved moose, jams and vegetables. In a rural areas a [...]

Golden Elephant International Children’s Film Festival is organized by Children’s film society, India. CFSI is a nodal Government of India organisation dedicated to providing wholesome entertainment for children through film and television, with the objective of broadening their horizon and justifying Right to Entertainment.   When: November 2009 Venue: Children’s Film Society India 24 Peddar Road Mumbai, India tel: (91-22) 2351-9919 fax: (91-22) [...]

La Tomatina is an annual festival in the town of Bunol, Spain. Its a Fight of Tomatoes, yes, you heard it right- Its a week long festival where people throw tomatoes on each other. This is the biggest tomato fight in the world, according to local lore it began in 1940’s with a vegetable battle that broke out between youngsters of the [...]