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• Grave Sweeping Day


  The Chinese pay much tribute to their ancestors by taking care of their graves
• QingMing festival


  The Chinese holiday for Grave Sweeping Day, celebrated in April
• Grave Sweeping Day


  Chinese people visit cemeteries and clean the graves of their forefathers
• Grave Sweeping Day


  Compared to Philippine observance of "All Souls" and "All Saints Day"
• Asian festivals have great similarity with those held in the Philippines
• Drum


  A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drum head stretched over one or both ends that is beaten by hands or stick
• Candelabrum


  A lamp holder or candle holder
• Holika


  A demoness in Hindu Vedic scriptures
• Festival


  A celebration or feasting of a religious significance which is celebrated at regular interval
• Festivals are events or celebrations that usually center on the religious beliefs and traditions of a specific community
• Festivals often serve to fulfill several communal purposes to commemorate or for thanksgiving
• Festivals may also provide entertainment, which is themed to their culture and ethnicity and to inform and acculturate the members of the community of their customs
• Asian culture is absolutely vibrant and interesting, probably because of the continent's long and meaningful history
• Being the most populated continent of the planet, Asia is also home to diverse traditions and customs that include the celebration of colorful festivities
• Lantern Festival (Thailand)


  A festival celebrated in Northern Thailand to show respect to Buddha, also known as Yi Peng
• Loi Krathong


  A Thai water lantern festival that occurs on the evening of the full moon during the twelfth month of the Thai lunar calendar
• Thai Lantern Festival


  Sky lanterns are simultaneously lit and held in a position for a synchronized release, first for Buddha, second for Dharma, and third for the Sangha
• Sky lanterns


  Also called wish lanterns, they are symbolic for the Thai people as representing the release of their problems and worries
• Gion Matsuri Festival (Kyoto, Japan)


  One of the biggest and most famous festivals in Japan, celebrated every July in Kyoto
• Gion Matsuri Festival began in the ninth century as a religious ritual to pray for deliverance from plagues and calamities
• Gion Matsuri Festival


  • Features a parade with spectacular festival floats, traditional Japanese performances, street parties, food festivals, and people dressed in Yukata robes
• Holi Festival (India)


  Also known as the festival of colors, it is a joyous celebration where people play by throwing colored water to each other using water guns or water balloons
• Holi marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring
• Colors for Holi


  Green symbolizes compassion, understanding, and prosperity; Yellow symbolizes optimism and is associated with Mother Earth; Red symbolizes fire, energy, and security; Blue symbolizes loyalty and trust; Pink symbolizes love and compassion
• Holi Festival


  People gather to light bonfires to burn dried leaves and twigs the night before the full moon, then on the following day they come outside and drench each other with colored water and apply brightly colored powders to their faces as they dance to music and eat sweets
• Hanukkah or Chanukah (Israel)


  Also called Feast of Dedication, Festival of Lights, or Feast of the Maccabees, a Jewish festival that begins on Kislev 25 (in December) and is celebrated for eight days
• Hanukkah commemorates the purification and rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem
• Hanukkah


  Candles are lit for eight days, with a special candelabrum called Menorah, and baked goods like donuts are part of the celebrations
• Hungry Ghost Festival (China)


  A traditional festival of the Chinese to worship their ancestors, celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month
• Hungry Ghost Festival


  Special ceremonies are performed such as putting the family's ancestral tablets on a table, burning of incense, and preparing food three times during the day, with a banquet prepared and a place left open for a lost ancestor
• Asian festivals vary from one place to another but they share common characteristics: they involve entire communities bent on making each celebration more fun and more spectacular than the last one, and they are bound to the people's culture and religion
• Another striking feature of Asian art and culture is the way these festivities are celebrated, usually with tourists from different parts of the world in attendance