Japan: The Sapporo Snow Festival
Sapporo Japan: Hokkaido’s amazing snow sculptures and other attractions of the Sapporo Snow Festival. Food, activities and more at the festival.
Cultures & Festivals
Festivals around the world and what cultures are all about are explored in these GoNOMAD Travel articles.
Malaysia Melds Three Cultures
Malaysia: Max Hartshorne visits Malaysia and finds three cultures melded into one, the Chinese, Malay and Indian influences are a wonderful melange.
Smokin’ Sadhus: India’s Wandering Stoned Holy Men
Indian Sadhus have said goodbye to both their possessions and their families, and now lead a life of celibacy, ascetic yoga, and search for enlightenment.
Smoking Spirit: Sharing a Women’s Espiritu Practice in Cuba
Sharing a women’s Espiritu practice in Cuba, a very old tradition in the rural parts of Cuba that involves chants, cigars, and rum.
Loi’s Lights: Thailand’s Beautiful Loi Krathong Festival
Thailand, Loi Krathong Festival in November is a festival of fire and water, and one of Thailand’s most beautiful festivals to boot.
Attending The Sacred Kalachakra Initiation
Barbara Sansone attends a special blessing Kalachakra Initiation ceremony by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the 12th-century Ki monastery in the Himalayas.
Push Comes to Shove: The Pushkar Camel Fair, India
Pushkar, India holds the dual purpose camel buying/religious party of the Pushkar Camel Fair. Visiting the camel fair and the camel races in Rajasthan,India