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Mardi Gras |
The wild Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans begins on Epiphany Day and
ends on the Wednesday before Lent, Fat Tuesday. Spending time in New
Orleans during Mardi Gras is an unforgettable experience. There's
craziness in the air, hundreds of parades shower revellers with
glittering trinkets, fantastic costumes, elegant balls and intricately
designed scenes are essential parts of one of the wildest celebrations
in the country. The majority visitors arrive the prior weekend but the
entire week before has nightly parades and is the best time to come to
get better prices on accommodation. Be sure to book well in advance.
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Mummers Parade |
On New Year’s Day a great 11-hour parade makes its way up Broad Street
in Philadelphia. Having sprouted from European customs brought to the
city by early settlers, Philadelphia's Mummers Parade include marching
clowns who run to the crowd and plant kisses on women, outlandishly
rococo costumes, string bands, and fancy brigades with elaborate floats.
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Hawaii Hula Festival |
Nothing will get you more into the Hawaiian mood than witnessing the
best hula dancers of the Hawaiian Islands during what is known as the
Merry Monarch Festival. For seven days every April, these dancers
enchant the crowds with this beautiful and ancient art of Hawaiian
culture.
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World Gold Panning Competition |
Every third Sunday in April, fortune seekers descended upon Dahlonega,
Georgia (80km northeast of Atlanta), beginning what locals call
"America's first real gold rush." This small Appalachian Mountain town
is proud of its past. There are several working goldmines open to
tourists that produce some of the purest gold in the world. And there is
also a Gold Museum for those interested in the history.
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USA Film Festival |
Featuring the best new American and foreign films, special tributes and
retrospectives, the USA Film Festival takes place in Dallas, Texas each
year for 7 days in April-May.
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Elvis Week |
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42 after 23 years in
show business. In commemoration of the man that changed the face of 20th
century music, Graceland, located in Memphis, offers an entire week of
celebrations.
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Monterey Jazz Festival |
Molokai Hoe Outrigger Canoe Championship
The Molokai Hoe is a 66-kilometre open ocean race that launches from
Hale O Lono Harbor on Molokai Island and ends in Honolulu at Duke
Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, on the island of Oahu. Considered the men's
world championship of long distance outrigger canoe racing, the race
draws crews from Tahiti, Japan, Singapore, Italy, Australia, California
and Hawaii who paddle across the treacherous Ka’iwi Channel, This is
essential viewing for those wanting to experience the essence of
Hawaiian culture.
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New York Horror Festival |
The USA's premier scary film festival, this five-day event is held at
Tribeca Cinemas in lower Manhattan. With special screenings, parties,
celebrity guests and free giveaways, this is a must for fright freaks.
Village Halloween Parade
Held in New York’s Greenwich Village, this is the most outrageous
Halloween event in the world, this parade attracts over two million
onlookers and more than 50,000 scarily-clad participants every year on
31 October. Towering papier-m?ch? puppets are a regular feature.
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New York City Marathon |
Held on 5 November, this is the largest marathon in the world with over
34,000 runners and ranks alongside the London Marathon in terms of road
race prestige. Some are serious athletes, others run along for fun
dressed in all kinds of outrageous costumes.
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National Finals Rodeo |
The wild and wonderful city of Las Vegas hosts the biggest rodeo in the
country every year from 1-10 December. This exciting event brings
cowboys and cowgirls from around the world for the ultimate showdown
championship, known as the Superbowl of Rodeos. Competing for US$5
million of prize money and the winners' golden belt buckles, some 120
cowboys sling it out in seven events: bareback riding, saddle bronco
riding, bull riding, team roping, steer wrestling, tie-down roping and
barrel racing.
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Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters |
December is big wave season in Hawaii and the Rip Curl Pro is just one
of many exciting surfing competitions.Held outside Honolulu at Ehukai
Beach on Oahu’s famed North Shore, the contest is a big event in the
world of surfing. The exact dates vary.
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Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration |
If you're up for one of the world's biggest and most famous New Year's
Eve parties, this is it. Held on 31 December in New York’s Times Square,
this wild outdoor party has been a magnet for New Year's Eve revelers
for nearly 100 years.
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