Festival of fire
Festivals featuring themes of fire or flame are celebrated in many cultures and locations around the world.[1]
Festivals
Africa
- AfrikaBurn, Burning Man inspired event in South Africa
Americas
- Bonfire Night, Canada
- Burning Man, alternative and bohemian event in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, US
Asia
- Burning of the Character Big, Japan
- Diwali, festival in India and global Hindu communities
- Gozan no Okuribi, Kyoto, Japan
- The Oroqens' Fire Festival ([jp]), Hokkaido, Japan
- Sagicho Fire Festival, in many places in Japan
- The Yi people's Torch Festival, China
- Chaharshanbe Suri, Iranian new year celebration from Zoroastrian origin
Europe
- Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Bonfires of Saint John, Alicante, Spain
- Falles, Valencia, Spain
- Guy Fawkes Night, United Kingdom
- Sechseläuten, Zurich, Switzerland
- Up Helly Aa, Shetland, Scotland
Other uses
- Wrestling Festival of Fire, the annual professional wrestling tournament
- Fire Festival, a Japanese drama film
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