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Festa della Sacra Spina –San Giovanni Bianco’s Holy Thorn Festival

March 27, 2009United PlanetBergamo, Easter, Europe, Festival, Foreign Culture, Holy Thorn, Italy, local culture, Local festival, Milan, religious event, San Giovanni Bianco, town festival, travel

Post written by Roberto, a United Planet Team member. Today I would like to share with you all, a story about my native town in Italy. Every year, two weeks…

Las Fallas

March 20, 2009United PlanetEurope, Festival, Foreign Culture, la crema, las fallas, local culture, Local festival, ninot, tradition, travel, valencia

Post written by Empar, a United Planet Team member. The festival of Las Fallas takes place in Valencia (my native city) every year and has been celebrated for many years,…

Green Beer, Parades, and Shamrocks

March 17, 2009United Planetbagpipe, Boston, Festival, Foreign Culture, irish dress, Irish music, local culture, Local festival, marchers, parades, travel, United States, video

Post written by Lucille, a United Planet Team member. As a French girl, I had never heard about St Patrick’s Day before last week. I had no idea that I…

La Diada de Sant Jordi

February 14, 2009United PlanetBarcelona, book, calalan, Catalonia, Diada de Sant Jordi, Europe, Festival, Foreign Culture, holidays, legend, local culture, Local festival, love, lover's day, lovers, rose, sant jordi, Spain, tradition, Valentine's Day

Post written by Silvia, a United Planet Team member Everybody is very excited in the US about Valentine’s Day, the most important day of the year for lovers. As with…

La Chandeleur – National Crepe Day

February 4, 2009United PlanetChandeleur, cook, crepe-flipping contest, crepes, Europe, family, Foreign Culture, France, French, gold coin, local culture, pancakes, Team Stories, tradition, traditional, travel, traveling, United Planet

Post written by Lucille, a United Planet Team member Every year on February 2nd, the French celebrate La Chandeleur—a day when everybody cooks crepes, also known as thin pancakes! When…

Welcoming in the Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year in 2009

January 30, 2009United PlanetAsia, celebration, childhood memories, China, Chinese beliefs, Chinese New Year, culture, Dishes, dumplings, family relations, Festival, festivities, food, Foreign Culture, gift, local culture, Local festival, New Years Eve, Noodles, Team Stories, traditions, travel, traveling, United Planet, video, year of the Ox

Post written by Li, a United Planet Team member I have always loved celebrating Chinese New Year, despite the fact that I am far away from home. It brings back…

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