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5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter
1Jan By adminNo Comments
Travel

5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter

For many people, the joys of winter center on strapping on skis, snowshoes or skates and getting outdoors. Of course, that is no less true in many parts of Asia. But with climates ranging from the famously snowy Japanese island of Hokkaido to the tropical forests of Malaysia, the continent offers a wide variety of wintertime delights for travelers who are seeking something different from a day on the slopes. Fresh-caught mountain trout sashimi, anyone? Here are five festivals to check out this winter.South KoreaHwacheon Mountain Trout Ice FestivalThe chance to pluck a sancheoneo, or mountain trout, from a frozen river draws thousands of visitors every winter to a cold-weather-loving corner of South Korea. The annual ice festival, held in Hwacheon County from Jan. 6 to 28 this year, double...
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When Is a Festival Not a Festival?
22Nov By adminNo Comments
World

When Is a Festival Not a Festival?

The California Festival, which ran at various venues across the state earlier this month, featured some distinguished classical-music performances but proved curiously incoherent as a whole.
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Will the Rains Extinguish Burning Man?
9Sep By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Will the Rains Extinguish Burning Man?

Last Thursday was a typically atypical day at Burning Man—the last before a series of atypically atypical days. It began, for me, with a bike ride with some friends to the Temple for an orchestral performance. Burning Man is named after a large effigy that burns in a raucous extravaganza on Saturday night; the next night, most of the same crowd sits in silence watching a wooden temple, of a different design each year, go up in flames. Beforehand, people fill the Temple with messages, writing on the walls and stapling photos and personal effects to the structure. I wandered inside and perused the community’s contributions. Many of them memorialized lost loved ones, but the ones that hit me hardest addressed the search for self-love. “To my past self,” one message read. “You are more amazin...
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