In China celebration of New Year has just started; in honor of the festival the country inhabitance has received seven days-off called Golden week.
These days the most far-reaching annual migration of people in the world when numerous Chinese go to their families at holiday which is also called as the Lunar New year, or spring festival. As BBC reports, during 40 days approximately three billions of travels will have been committed.
Traditional attribute of colorful festival is the driving of fireworks, incense lightning, which, as the Chinese consider, ward off evil, and attract luck.
Holiday events, carnivals, parades have been lasting almost for two weeks. According to Eastern traditions, before the beginning of New Year you should return all the debts, tidy flat, and wear new items, set the table in prosperous manner, and celebrate the holiday in the bosom of family.
The day of Chinese language was founded at the same time as the days of other official languages of the UN, in 2010. This proposal was made by the department responsible for public relations.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
Every year the winter solstice is at the period between the 21-st and 22-nd of December. The day of winter solstice is famous for the shortest day and the longest night. After the winter solstice the days become longer whereas nights are shorter.
At the annual exhibition of sculptures from the snow which is arranged in Chinese city Harbin for the 34-th time, the snowman in the height of 34 meters has been constructed. It is reported by the agency UPI.
In Chinese city Changchun (province Kirin) nearly 700 sculptures from chocolate were represented as they had been produced by French artist Nickolay Popov. The agency UPI reports about that.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
The most important holiday in Peru is its Independence Day, it is celebrated on 28th July to commemorate the anniversary of Peru's independence from Spanish rule in the year 1821.
