Festivals

This Formula One motor racing event was first held in the capital in 2017 on the Baku City Circuit which features a mixture of wide and open as well as tight and twisting stretches, with a long main straight along the Baku shoreline.

Translating to ‘Sacrifice Day,’ this 4-day religious holiday coincides with the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and is marked by sacrificing an animal, mostly sheep in Azerbaijan. 

A month filled with performances, handicraft exhibitions, cultural displays and other activities comes to tropical Bali during June and July. Bringing the best of Indonesia’s art scene, Bali’s Arts Festival encourages locals and tourists to enjoy Balinese culture together.

This three-day festival is held in the Lhakhang Monastery of Nimalung, home to a huge statue of Guru Rimpoche. There are colorful, masked dances depicting stories from history and an enormous scroll painting of the Guru on display, which devotees from all around travel to the district to see, because it is said to absolve their sins.

Though this festival is referred to as the ‘birthday of Buddha’, it also celebrates Buddha’s enlightenment and passing and as such, is one of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar. Devotees visit the pagodas and make offerings of flowers and fruits, while abstaining from alcohol and other prohibited activities.

On this one-day festival, the people from tribes all around Guangxi province come together, wearing their best traditional clothes, all in red. There are games and competitions including beauty parades, folk drumming, sports and tug-of-war. Young men and women try to find love and there is folk music and dancing.