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There are many festivals in autumn that are celebrated worldwide with a variety of cultures and a vibrant atmosphere. During the autumn seasons, many parts of the world celebrate changes in nature, signifying various cultural traditions and harvests. Many of these festivals signify the changing seasons and pay their respects to nature. There are various festivals that celebrate various lively celebrations reflecting culture and traditions along with families and communities. Visiting these places around the world during the autumn season is a unique experience to understand the place better and also enjoy the celebrations.
Top 10 Festivals In Autumn Season
Here are some of the most famous festivals celebrated in the autumn season around the world.
1. Oktoberfest
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Oktoberfest is a beer festival that is the world’s largest Volksfest celebrated every year during the autumn season in Munich and Bavaria in Germany. This festival attracts millions of international and national visitors. It is one of the most important parts of the local culture that has been started since 1810. This place has various activities and parades related to a variety of beers served in different outlets. There is also a carnival held with many beer stalls along with various other stalls signifying the cultural traditions of the area.
Dates: mid or late September to the first Sunday of October
Best Known For: a variety of beers to try
2. Diwali
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Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is a Hindu festival celebrated in India that is known as the festival of lights. This festival mainly symbolises the spiritual victory of the triumph of good over evil. The celebrations last for 5 to 6 days with many religious events and paying respects to the deities and personalities. People all over the country clean, renovate and decorate their homes and workplaces with various oil lamps and colourful art patterns known as rangoli. There are also light fireworks and family festivities enjoyed together throughout the night.
Dates: between mid-September and mid-November
Best Known For: colourful lights and fireworks
3. Dia De Los Muertos
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Dia De Los Muertos is also known as the Day of the Dead, which takes place over 2 days in Mexico. This is the time for many Mexicans who remember their dead loved ones and honour them. Usually many people think of it as a sad event, but it is actually celebrated like a festival with many lively events to celebrate the memories of the dead loved one and also to pray for them having moved on to the next world. This festival has also been recognised by UNESCO as a cultural heritage event where many people from all over the country take part in this.
Dates: first two days of November
Best Known For: honouring the dead, lively events
4. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a nine-day event that happens every year that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a hot air balloon festival, which is the largest balloon festival in the world. It has more than 500 hot air balloons each year, which started with 13 balloons in 1972. There are different patterns and varieties of hot air balloons launched by the participants into the sky, filling the entire sky with hundreds of colourful balloons at once. Many people from all over the world visit this place to launch balloons and also just sit and watch the beautiful scenery.
Dates: first full week of October
Best Known For: colourful hot air balloons launched into the sky
5. Moon Festival
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The Moon Festival is one of the most famous and biggest festivals in the Chinese calendar celebrated in China. During this festival the streets are decorated with lanterns, and the food vendors sell some classic Chinese treats, and various tea parties happen that serve lotus-filled mooncakes. These are some of the most common and famous things found during this festival. The moon festival is celebrated in the harvest season that is deeply rooted in Chinese culture. There are also many food fairs, opera performances and Latin festivals, along with mooncake workshops and fire shows happening all around the country.
Dates: between mid-September to early October
Best Known For: traditional Chinese food and colourful streets
6. La Merce Festival
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La Merce is a famous festival that takes place in Barcelona in Spain, which is celebrated in the honour of the Roman Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Mercy. This festival originated in the Middle Ages, which is cherished by various street parades, fireworks, and live music, which is the unique Catalonian tradition. There are many wooden giants that are the human towers, which is the major highlight of this festival. There are also huge human-operated puppets parading on the streets during the celebrations, which is a unique and very exciting experience.
Dates: 24th September
Best Known For: live parades and music events
7. Halloween
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Halloween is one of the most captivating festivals celebrated during the autumn season, which has a touch of spookiness, usually celebrated all over the western countries. This event started as a day to honour the dead, and it has evolved into a festival of spooks and horrors. All the kids during the festival enjoy dressing up as various characters like vampires or zombies from the comic books. The houses are decorated and are known for their eerie atmosphere. All the kids in the community go trick-or-treating, which is a really fun and exciting festival to attend.
Dates: 31st October
Best Known For: Spooky vibes and horror costumes
8. MassKara Festival
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The MassKara festival is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in Bacolod, Philippines, annually. This festival offers the guests the warmest hospitality and welcomes them by indulging in food, drinks and parties to dance the night away. It is similar to a carnival celebration where the people parading on the streets wear masks and showcase their stunning and graceful performances. This festival was started in the 1980s to lift up the mood of the locals after a very bad drought hit them. There are also many exciting dance competitions held during the festival.
Dates: 4th Sunday of October
Best Known For: Parades and dance performances
9. Lantern Festival
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The Lantern Festival, which is commonly known as the Yi Peng Festival, is celebrated in Thailand, which happens especially in the northern part of the country. This festival is a beautiful and magical event where thousands of people release their paper lanterns into the night sky on a full moon day in a beautiful display of many floating lights that look like a sea of stars. The lanterns are made from thin paper that is stretched over a bamboo frame with a candle attached to the bottom.
Dates: month of November
Best Known For: beautiful view of the sky filled with lanterns
10. Nuit Blanche
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Nhi Blanche is one of the best events that takes place in Paris, France, during the autumn season that happens once a year. For just one night in Paris, all the doors of the museum’s galleries and venues are open till midnight to explore the entire city that is known for its iconic events under the dark night sky. It is also known as the white night. There are also many live performances happening all over, which is an amazing experience. This is the best festival to attend for people who are more interested in art and culture.
Dates: month of October
Best Known For: open museums and galleries till midnight
There are many festivals in autumn that are celebrated around the world that bring various cultures and communities together in a beautiful way to celebrate the changing seasons with various events like honoring people, decorating the place with lights, paying respect to the harvest, and showing gratitude and joy. To know more about these festivals and for further information, visit TripXL.
