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Traveling overseas is always an breathtaking and terrific adventure. One of the invaluable lessons travelling overseas is learning that every country and culture has its own oddities and eccentricities, but is of even importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. The mix of each regions’ culture creates an amazing cultural story of the world. Cultures differ in their dances, traditions, and maybe most interestingly, their vacations. In this article we will look at the three prominent cultures, South Americans, Chinese and Indians in the way they celebrate their holidays.

South America holidays are principally Catholic in nature. Saints carnivals are some of the most popular holidays in South America; holidays like Dia de Todos Los Santos fete all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. Individuals in South America are oftentimes named for the saint whose day they were born on. Carnaval is one of the most known festivals in South America, the equivalent of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. This festival celebrates the day before the forty-day Catholic festival of Lent and involves huge celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.

Holidays in China are very disparate in comparison to other nations. China is recognise for its unique culture where the sacred and orthodox meets the trendy and the eccentric. Holidays observed in China are of great spiritual importance in the conventional culture. Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated in China. Almost all of the different ethnic groups in China hold the day sacred, partaking in many rituals and ceremonials to ensure luck in the coming year. A more modern holiday is Woman’s Day, a day that all women in China are allowed to take off work.

Holidays in India have a different tone than either of the aforementioned regions. These holidays range from those related to Hinduism to Christian holidays, to Muslim festivities. For Indian people, holidays come every day of the year. A civic holiday celebrated by most is the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi’s natal day has been designated as a day of non-violence, and no liquor is traded on this day in his honor.

World travel is made more interesting when you know a little bit about the culture in which you’ll be visiting. These holidays are a short list of the many marvellous and breathtaking holidays seen abroad.