In Estonia on the 24-th of August, it is celebrated one of the most popular holidays – the Day of Pyartel (Pärtlipäev).
This holiday is dedicated to the beginning of fall and is commemorated since the 18-th century. The Day of Pyartel is connected with the gathering of rye abundance, beginning of potatoes harvest, and also with the start of sheep shearing.
On the Day of Pyartel in Estonia water becomes cold that means the end of bathing suit season. It points to the upcoming autumn. At the Pyartel Day in ancient times the Estonians started brewing beer, considering that hop plant gathered in this day obtains the final bitter taste.
The Day of Pyartel in Estonia is not only thought to be the time of preparation to autumn but also an excellent reason for making a market-day for sale of gathered harvest of vegetables and fruits. The weather in this day helped to define the skies at the future autumn.
Every year on February 24, Estonia celebrates the main national holiday, Estonian Independence Day, in honor of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the country in Tallinn in 1918.
Winter trout festival in Hwacheon-gun is the beautiful place to enjoy winter fishing. Every year thousands of tourists come there to eat fish and relax sledging.
The citizens of Spain admire festivals where they can look at others and show their advantages. It is worth to recall at least their numerous battles with food including La Tomatina as one of the most famous ones. However, at the festival El Cascamorras nobody throws food. Instead, people out stains onto themselves with oily substance and try to stain others.
Ice-cream in Italy meets a ready market, especially its local kind called as gelato. Italians love and appreciate gelato so much that they would not mind dedicating the entire festival to this dessert.
Harbin city is the capital of Heilongjiang province located in Northeast China. During the long winter months, the temperature here may reach -20 degree. These days International Ice Festival is held.
Today in the American city of Gilroy, California starts the festival for "those who love it hot" – foodies from all over the world gather here to pay homage to His Majesty Garlic.
Between mountains and the Mediterranean Sea south-eastward from Barcelona, Catalan city Sitges is located. Having been under dictatorship of General Franco, it was, after all, the only place in Spain where counterculture throve. The city gained the character of bohemian one at the end of XIX century when there painter Santiago Rusiñol used to reside and work. Nowadays Sitges is known for popular beaches and living night life.
Certainly, among the kindest festivals also considered as the most joyful ones in the world we may recall those, which founders were children. Sapporo Snow Festival or Festival of Snow Statues in Sapporo should be numbered among such festivals.
