Celebration - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

23 Items Tagged

Celebration

Share Tweet
Atlas Obscura's Ecliptic Festival experienced good luck in the form of phenomenal, clear skies.
festivals

A Perfect Eclipse Takes Center Stage at Atlas Obscura’s Ecliptic Festival

Our Hot Springs eclipse hub transformed into a magical celebration of music, art, science, and the cosmos. See for yourself.
Danielle Hallock April 10, 2024
Don’t let the mitaartut find you on a cold, January night.
festivals

How to Celebrate the New Year in Greenland? Terrify Everyone

Masked figures chase people throughout Mitaarfik.
Lauren Breedlove December 30, 2023
Tacoma, Washington

'Top of the Ocean' Monument

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.
Illustration of a Venice-themed Mardi Gras float with Shakespeare's Othello
New Orleans, Louisiana

Starting Point of the First Mardi Gras Parade

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.
A man makes a traditional dragon heads for the Lunar New Year celebration in Bogor, Indonesia.
holidays

5 Colorful Stories About the Pageantry of the Lunar New Year

Go behind the scenes of celebration, from molten metal to sticky cakes.
April White January 24, 2023
List

A Lucky 8 Places to Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit

Hop into the Lunar New Year with some furry friends.
Jonathan Carey January 20, 2023
A devil mask rests on a table inside the workshop of the Minga Tunguipamba, a collective of rural performers, as dancers put the finishing touches on their masks and costumes ahead of the Diablada de Píllaro. The artists spend weeks and sometimes months creating and personalizing their masks. Many utilize horns, teeth, and furs from animals such as deer, boars, and llamas.
festivals

Every January, This City in Ecuador Fills With Dancing Devils

Diablada de Píllaro is a rebellious but festive answer to a much older tradition begun by Spanish colonizers.
Sarah Durn January 13, 2023
A local version of a colonial tradition, the Winneba Fancy Dress Festival rings in the new year in Ghana.
festivals

In Ghana, the New Year Starts With a Fancy Dress Masquerade

Once a colonial tradition, a creative festival has been elevated to new heights.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing January 11, 2023
Kobe Luminarie
List

9 Winter Traditions You Might Not Have Heard Of

From a beautiful light memorial in Japan to a massive ice pillar in Sweden.
Jonathan Carey December 16, 2022
Steamed bread in the shape of tigers is displayed at a stall ahead of the Lunar New Year in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China. (January 16, 2022)
food

The Magic Behind the Lunar New Year Is Lots of Hard Work

Colorful scenes from behind-the-scenes.
Winnie Lee January 28, 2022
podcast

Podcast: Atlas Obscura 101

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 6, 2021
Burryman Andrew Taylor parades through South Queensferry with his attendants.
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Burryman

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
The Libation Ceremony began in 2015, but carries on a long local tradition of remembrance.
cemeteries

Local Emancipation Commemorations Bring Black Communities Closer to the Past

Events like Tennessee’s Libation Ceremony offer a chance “to finally start grabbing the pieces that have been scattered and lost.”
Nicole Rasul August 14, 2020
Video

Coyolillo’s Carnival Is a Celebration of Afro-Mexican Culture

8:22
An employee prepares French dragée candies, which fit into a lineage of wedding and confetti edibles.
food

The Edible History of Confetti

Before the paper variety, nuts, hops, and dates rained down—and put out the occasional eye.
Christa Weil Menegas December 30, 2019
High Level Bridge walkway.
Edmonton, Alberta

High Level Bridge

This unique bridge has been a staple across the Saskatchewan River Valley for more than 100 years.
The annual event is called Kwita Izina—“give a name” in Kinyarwanda, the country’s indigenous language.
names

How to Name a Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda

Start with an ancestral ceremony for human babies. Then add 30,000 people who want to save the endangered, majestic primates.
Chloe Berge October 18, 2019
Drummers parading down the streets in Sado.
Sado, Japan

Earth Celebration

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.