Ideas by Month - March
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong Sevens Rugby
Soak up the exciting atmosphere and carnival vibe that envelops the city of Hong Kong during the popular Rugby Sevens tournament each year. Fans from all over the world travel here to witness the explosive action of the games, which only last for 14 minutes (two, seven-minute haves). Six groups of four teams fight their way to the finals, where you're guaranteed to witness some rough and tumble as they battle to win the trophy.
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Dublin, Ireland: St Patrick's Day
The St Patrick's Day Festival is by far the biggest annual event in Ireland. The festival program has music, theatre, family carnivals, comedy, street arts, visual arts, dance, a treasure hunt and a symposium. It offers 4000 performers, 1.5 million spectators and five days of fantastic festival fun for all! This is Irish craic at its best.
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Melbourne, Australia: The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
This 10-day festival of food and drink-related events has grown to be the largest food and wine festival in the southern hemisphere. Visitors can enjoy special menus offered by more than 100 of the city's restaurants, then shop at a huge food market, chat with world famous chefs and restaurant owners and participate in master cooking classes. A great mix of restaurateurs, industry buyers and seller, chefs, sommeliers and food and drink lovers from all over the world congregate at this wonderful event.
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Santiago, Chile: Easter Celebrations - 16 to 23 March 2008
Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is an important time throughout Latin America, and a great number of religious rituals and street processions take place during this time. In Chile, the tradition of 'Cuasimodo' extends a week beyond Easter. Also known as 'Correr a Cristo', or Running to Christ, the day-long celebration of food, drink and music involves a mass, followed by a procession in which a parish priest is drawn in a decorated carriage accompanied by mounted cowboys, bicycles, carts and crowds of shouting people! Food, music and fun for all.
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Japan: Cherry Blossoms
Spring in Japan is the ideal time to visit, as the nation's unofficial national flower, the cherry blossom (sakura), is in full bloom. Many of the dozens of varieties of the blossom are at their peak for only a few short days at the end of March and the beginning of April. The sakura has been celebrated since the 7th century, when aristocrats would gather to admire the flowers and find inspiration for poetry writing. Hanami (cherry blossom viewing parties) now take a very prominent position in Japanese culture.
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Alta, Norway: Aurora Borealis and the Borealis Winter Festival
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, are beautiful natural-coloured light displays, usually seen in the night sky and only in the northern hemisphere. The Borealis Winter Festival takes place in Alta as a celebration of the phenomenon. Visitors can expect live music, competitions, theatre and markets selling locally produced goods and handicrafts. For something different, guests can retire at day's end to a bar carved out of ice!
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Atlantic City, USA: Atlantique Antiques
Atlantic City in New Jersey is truly a blast from the past, hosting the world's largest antique show twice a year in March and October. The show specialises in American memorabilia such as coin-operated machines, the macabre, advertising, medical and scientific technology as well as offering an opportunity for collectors to have their own pieces appraised by celebrity dealers. The Atlantic City Convention Centre fills with more than 100,000 people eagerly search through Tiffany lamps and metalwork, American folk art, European and American bronzes, drawings, prints and fine furniture.
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