Festivals
The Days a Place Is Most Itself
A festival isn't a show staged for visitors. It's the handful of days a place sheds its routine and fully wakes. Choose a country — we'll tell the rest, slowly.
Start with a country
3 days worth the tripThailandWater, candlelight and rockets to the sky — Thailand prays and laughs in the same breath.→3 days worth the tripJapanFrom thousand-year palanquins to the first snow, Japan turns each season into a rite.→2 days worth the tripIndonesiaCrater rims, sea burials and a whole day of silence — an archipelago that marks time at the extremes.→3 days worth the tripTaiwanSky lanterns, burning boats, beehive fireworks — an island that files its faith inside fire.→