var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5048423-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Somewhere in the world today people are celebrating something with fabulous fiestas and festivals in truly mad and amazing ways.   Tumblr (3.0; @somewhereintheworldtoday)http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4dde196dbc51bac6a6a7f5774a0cbd47/tumblr_momo86jluJ1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>A red sky at night in Alicante? It must be the Bonfires of St John!</strong></p> <p>On the night of St John the gigantic ninots are paraded through the streets and exploded in a spectacular finale with fireworks and pyrotechnics.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/bonfires-of-saint-john-la-hogueras/#Picture">Bonfires of Saint John / La Hogueras</a> Somewhere in the world today…)</p> <p>Picture: Crema (2005) (I) by El Hermano Pila, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/53343115968http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/53343115968Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:52:10 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/449ed51ee6aab39a322fa3abcc5afc07/tumblr_mng3miIKpB1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Every Spring bank holiday Monday at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, people come from far and wide to throw themselves down the incredibly steep hill, racing after a huge round of Double Gloucester cheese as it bounces and bounds down it at break neck speed.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/last-monday-in-may-cheese-rolling/">Gloucester Cheese Rolling</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: Picture by IanHaskins, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/51458433996http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/51458433996Mon, 27 May 2013 08:03:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/376df486deb37da3824c50ffc9731c7c/tumblr_mn9r44iBuP1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Celebrating the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha. Happy Vesak Day!</strong></p> <p>Vesak is the major Buddhist festival of the year and celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha all on the same day. Colourful lanterns adorn every home and luminous displays decorate the streets signifying the light of the Buddha.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/vesak-day/">Vesak Day</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: Bathing Buddha by hkdigit, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/51171333080http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/51171333080Thu, 23 May 2013 21:51:29 +0100VesakVesak DAy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/15361c9e9adacc18d91f7cf29f0aa364/tumblr_mmtyvpWKP41r7h5dpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The amazingly colourful <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/may-15th-pahiyas-festival/">Pahiyas festival </a>in the Philippines is always a favourite of ours. Especially as you can eat the decorations!</strong></p> <p></p> <p>Original tumblr post: <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bugenggeng.tumblr.com/post/50484943270/happy-pahiyas-festival-lucban-quezon">bugenggeng</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>HAPPY PAHIYAS FESTIVAL , LUCBAN QUEZON</strong> ! :)</p> <p>Sayang hindi ako nakauwi :(</p> </blockquote>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50643817086http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50643817086Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:46 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/841f9f6f9d6ed67e13069f1bbb601de8/tumblr_mmrzq2EMJr1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>See who’s the best dressed carabao in town?</strong></p> <p>At the Carabao festival in Pulilan, Bulacan in the Phillipines, the farmers pay tribute to their water buffalos, (known as carabaos) by giving them a makeover for all their hard work tilling the land.</p> <p>More on the <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/may-14th-15th-carabao-festival/">Carabao Festival </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: Bulacan by outsideboundimages, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50405848985http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50405848985Tue, 14 May 2013 07:37:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1eb98262285bf6dbbe29ae6646318969/tumblr_mmoejpkMXK1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Mother’s Day to all who are celebrating it today…</strong></p> <p>Nowadays Mother’s Day is celebrated on different dates around the world, usually in March, April, or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood.</p> <p>Today its the turn of mothers in the US and Australia</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/mothering-sunday-mothers-day/">Mothering Sunday / Mother’s day</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50236466249http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50236466249Sun, 12 May 2013 09:08:55 +0100Mothers day<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3415fdc4b0a4246dc5d83cf801e3824/tumblr_mmodnrlG4v1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Pack your crash helmet and may the best rocket win!</strong></p> <p>To the villagers of Yasothon firing ginormous rockets into the sky is apparently the best way to lure the rain gods, and things can get very noisy and rather hectic at Phaya Thaen Park when the Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival takes place.</p> <p>More on the <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/may-2nd-9th-yasothon-rocket-festiva/">Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: Rocket Untangling by simonparisphotography, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50235751833http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/50235751833Sun, 12 May 2013 08:49:28 +0100Yasathon Rocket Festival<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/94c36bf1d0dcff2d6ccfcd04078a87c6/tumblr_mm42vo2rrB1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>An early form of pole dancing may well lead to a hangover!</span></strong></p> <p>The earliest May Day festivities started long, long ago with the<a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/floralia-2/">Festival of Floralia</a> in Roman times, and the raucous Germanic / Scandinavian<a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/april-30th-walpurgis-night/">Walpurgis Night</a> or Celtic Beltane celebrations the night before (hence the hangover!).</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/may-1st-may-day-aka-hangover-day/">Beltane and May Day by Somewhere in the world today…</a></p> <p>Picture: at Gainesville May Day celebration by barb.howe, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/49347467074http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/49347467074Wed, 01 May 2013 09:44:35 +0100BeltaneMay Day<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9eca5fd7244d364eb652adf74f9d316e/tumblr_mm255ze5q11qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>A night when bonfires are lit, witches meet, kids play pranks and copious amounts of sparkling wine is drunk (probably by their mothers!)</strong></p> <p>Rather like <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/october-30th-halloween-samhain/">Halloween</a> it is believed that the boundaries between the spirit world and the real world become thin on Walpurgis Night.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/april-30th-walpurgis-night/">Walpurgis Night / Beltane Fire Festival </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: May Queen by Swirley, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/49246469453http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/49246469453Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:40:40 +0100WalpurgisBeltane<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de6fa0dd7a9bf79fb7e8ca66ab344582/tumblr_mlp6dko1lK1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>A romantic guy at heart, St George is famous for slaying the dragon thus saving one very distressed princess.</span></strong></p> <p><span></span>More on  <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/st-georges-day/">St George’s Day</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: St George by Stuart McMullan, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/48680921490http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/48680921490Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:34:00 +0100St George<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/33a28022f7f0e5066106e70d995b7a40/tumblr_ml6ohud4Um1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Make a big splash and get a soaking for good luck!</strong></p> <p>The Songkran Festival is the traditional Thai New Year where families and friends gather together to visit temples, sprinkle water on Buddha deities and on each other to wish good luck. This quickly turns into people roaming the streets with containers of water or supersoakers in order to drench anyone that passes! The more water you have thrown over you the luckier you are!</p> <p><span>Songkran 2011 Water Festival-12 by Aung@, on Flickr</span><span>Songkran 2011 Water Festival-12 by Aung@, on Flickr</span><span>Songkran 2011 Water Festival-12 by Aung@, on Flickr</ </span><span>More on </span><a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/songkran-festival/">Songkran Festival</a><span> by Somewhere in the world today…</span></p> <p>Picture: Songkran 2011 Water Festival-12 by Aung@, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47849509063http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47849509063Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:54:29 +0100SongkranFestival<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c1c033bd564531ba944220d4283ec85/tumblr_ml4t96X5sk1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h4>A walk in the countryside and a song in your heart is all you need to find love</h4> <p><span>As an ancient festival for matchmaking and fertility, Shangsi has been celebrated in many different ways over the years, which has lead to a variety of traditions all over China today. </span></p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/varying-dates-in-march-april-shangsi-festival/">Shangsi Festival</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Pitcture: Shangsi Festival by Jungle Key</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47768171292http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47768171292Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:39:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31099075fa17695916d7014c4d4824a8/tumblr_mkvs4a8rqg1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>There’s definitely no mistaking that Kanamara Matsuri is a Japanese fertility festival!</strong></p> <p>A large, pink phallus bobs its way down the street carried on the shoulders of a dozen men in bandanas, to the sound of their rhythmic chants. The Kanamara Matsuri (AKA Festival of the Steel Phallus, or Iron Penis Festival) is an annual Shinto fertility festival held in Kawasaki, Japan.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/first-sunday-in-april-kanamara-matsuri/">Kanamara Matsuri </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: kanamara matsuri 2007 by atem_y_zeit, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47355791909http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47355791909Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:36:00 +0100JapanFestivalKanamaraMatsuri<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2056a4bf0893ca6608001beb7e98d6bd/tumblr_mksik5a8MV1rg8fnmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/may-hanami/">Hanami</a> is the Japanese tradition of picnicking under the cherry blossom. We’d love to see your cherry blossom pics wherever you are in the in the world. Upload them to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/somewhereintheworldtoday">facebook page</a> and we’ll share the best with everyone</p> <p>Original picture posted by <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xxxeuphoriaxxx.tumblr.com/post/47198934485/full-bloom">xxxeuphoriaxxx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/tokyo_shinju/61838558.html">Full bloom ~</a></p> </blockquote>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47259722402http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/47259722402Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:59:36 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c47d9b92ec7b9aaa5765d7566c2ee55b/tumblr_mkkra0WIYv1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong> Who’s been a silly old fool today then?</strong> </p> <p><a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/april-fools-day/">April Fool’s Day by Somewhere in the world today…</a></p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46840763117http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46840763117Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:44:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9ad9808fced0ecbca9e63b68fb75b2a/tumblr_mkilmpYNHS1qcc171o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>A cart packed full of explosives heralds the Easter Sunday celebrations in Florence</strong></p> <p>The Scoppio del Carro (or Explosion of the Cart) is an annual tradition in Florence, Italy. On Easter Sunday, a cart, packed full of fireworks, coloured smoke and pyrotechnics, is spectacularly exploded in the Piazza del Duomo.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/easter-sunday-scoppio-del-carro/">Scoppio del Carro</a> at Easter by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: Scoppio del carro 2010 by dgtalmac, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46744340302http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46744340302Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:48:56 +0100Easter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96cb770bcca7a13029d4f899edc8bbae/tumblr_mke7sa2ZNt1rya3cfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Hot cross buns baked on Good Friday are said to have magical powers </strong></p> <p>Other Good Friday superstitions are getting a haircut will prevent headaches in the coming year and gardening is bad luck - no iron (ie fork, spade etc.) should enter the ground</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/good-friday/">Good Friday </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46577266220http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46577266220Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:06:05 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e01e81664f93716375435072859d36f1/tumblr_mkd2uqwAJK1qcujoko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sinidentidades.tumblr.com/post/46493721596/india-celebrates-holi-festival-of-colors-from">sinidentidades</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1 class="nc-nydn_article_title"><a href="http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/b2456546109dcfcbaaa2aa70bcdf7946/india-celebrates-holi-festival-of-colors"><strong>India celebrates Holi, festival of colors</strong></a></h1> <p>From soldiers in the north to teenagers in the south, Indians of all hues threw water-filled balloons and smeared colored powder on each other to celebrate the festival of Holi on Wednesday.</p> <p>The revelry began in the early hours with children engaging in water fights, using plastic guns and balloons to splash each other and any unsuspecting person in sight from the rooftops of homes in the Indian capital Delhi.</p> <p>Soldiers in the disputed state of Kashmir as well along the Wagah border between India and Pakistan rubbed brightly-colored powder on each other’s faces and danced to Bollywood songs heralding the “festival of colors”.</p> <p><span>In Mumbai, home to the Hindi film industry, usually riotous celebrations appeared to have been muted, perhaps in response to a call by leading actors to conserve water as millions of Indians face their worst drought in decades.</span></p> <p>Although the festival is usually celebrated with wild “rain dances” and the throwing of buckets of water, the drought in central parts of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, led many to push for a “dry” Holi.</p> </blockquote>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46495253460http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46495253460Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:12:31 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eea655b4c013064fcda6a28a7e1667cf/tumblr_mkd5hdhcTS1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Witches, anthills, decorated eggs and green food are some of the traditions for the Thursday prior to Easter!</strong></p> <p>(More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/maundy-thursday/">Maundy Thursday </a>by Somewhere in the world today…</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46495198773http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/46495198773Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:10:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cda7efa09eab526ca6c282ad1d7f392e/tumblr_mjy9axXR2e1qcc171o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Nowruz Mobarak! Happy New Year!</strong></p> <p>Nowruz (meaning new day), occurs at the exact time of the Spring Equinox and celebrates the coming of Spring and the New Year. It is a time for visiting friends and family, feasting and performing various rituals for good luck in the coming year.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://www.somewhereintheworldtoday.com/nowruz-persian-new-year/">Nowruz, Persian New Year</a> by Somewhere in the world today…</p> <p>Picture: NYC Persian Parade 2009 by Sepideh!, on Flickr</p>http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/45824227276http://somewhereintheworldtoday.tumblr.com/post/45824227276Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:10:52 +0000Nowruz