Festivals and Travel to Exotic Places in June
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For good weather and festivals, early June:Bolivia [La Paz] Feast Day of Gran Poder [culture party and parades] late-May/early-June Tibet [Gyangzê] Tamang Horse Racing Festival] May/June, 4 days and lots more in this month. Tibet Pictures Mongolia [Nationwide] Ovoo [shamanistic shrine] Festival [horse racing, feasts, offerings, praying by buddhist monks], weekends, dates vary acc. to location. Brazil [Parati and Nationwide] Festas Juninas. Brazil Pictures Madagascar, Famadihana 'turning of the bones' [reburying the dead] ceremonies June -November. Madagascar Pictures | Madagascar Tours Tunisia, June/July, Moulid al Nabi, celebrating Mohamed's birthday with feasts and parades. Tunisia Pictures | Tunisia Tours For good weather and festivals, late June: Indonesia [Tenganan, Bali] Usaba Sambah [Fistfighting, traditional costumes] June/July, 1 day. Bali Pictures | Indonesia Tours Philippines [Balayan] St.John's Pig Parade [Roast pigs with costume are carried around the town for the baptism ceremony] 24th. Papua New Guinea [Port Moresby] Port Moresby Show [Traditional Dances] Mid-June. PNG Pictures
Ecuador [Otavalo and nearby villages] Feast of St. John the Baptist, 24th. Peru, [Cusco] Inti Raymi. An Inca festival packed with colourful dances and parades, set in and around one of the most beautiful towns on earth. One week ending June 24th. Watch out for your wallet though. See Peru Pictures Thailand, Loei, Phi Ta Khon Festival [Spirit Dance], late June. Thailand Pictures | Thailand Tours Or go for festivals only, not the weather! i.e. this is not the best season: Malaysia, Kota Belud [Sabah, Borneo], Kota Belud Tamu Besar [tribal gathering], May/June, 1 day, Sarawak [Borneo], Gawai Dayak [tribal gathering], late-May/June. Malaysia Pictures Mexico [Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz State] Fiesta De Corpus Cristi [rituals, dance] May/early-June. Mexico Pictures | Mexico Tours India Hemis Gompa [monastery], Hemis Festival [Tibetan monks festival],
June/July, 2 days Korea,
Nationwide, Tano Festival [parade, wrestling, fireworks, floating
lanterns+] May/June, 20 days Venezuela, Curiepe & the Barlovento region, The Big Drums of San Juan [Caribbean dancing], June 23-25 |