{"id":14933,"date":"2019-04-26T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agenziabellavita.com\/?page_id=14933\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:26:38","slug":"spring-around-the-world-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agenziabellavita.com\/en\/spring-around-the-world-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754161808{background-color: #a81d2e !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nd_options_vc_parallax_filter_3&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754021790{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;14936&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;500&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754161808{background-color: #a81d2e !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nd_options_vc_parallax_filter_3&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754021790{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;] <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">SPRING AROUND THE WORLD <\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s particularly beautiful about spring is how differently it&#8217;s celebrated around the world&#8221;. Every country has its own unique way of welcoming the new season, be it through a festival, parade, or communal meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Curious as to how exactly these festivities go down? Dive into all things spring and learn about some of our favorite spring traditions from around the world.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div> <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">Songkran Water Festival \u2013 Thailand<\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\">This annual festival takes place shortly after the spring equinox. Songkran stems from the Sanskrit word for \u201castrological passage\u201d and is celebrated within Thailand as New Year\u2019s Day. Festivities involve going to a Buddhist monastery, visiting elders, and, of course, throwing water. Locals and tourists alike take to the streets, equipped with cannon-sized water guns, pressure hoses and buckets, ready to drench anyone in their path.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div> <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">Holi \u2013 Northern India<\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\">Undoubtedly one of the most colorful festivals in the world &#8211; Holi is celebrated by Hindus across Northern India. It involves throwing colored powder at one another, which pays tribute to the many hues of the spring season as well as events from Hindu mythology.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div> <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">Cooper\u2019s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake \u2013 Gloucester, England<\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\">Located just an hour by car from Bristol, the innocuous-sounding event is, in fact, a lot more dangerous than the name would lead you to believe. A wheel of cheese is thrown down the very steep hill and one second later competitors throw themselves down after it. The first one to cross the finish line wins. Bruises, bloodied knees, and broken bones aren\u2019t uncommon side-effects of this intense tradition. A slightly rougher way to welcome spring, but the 200-year-old tradition is proudly upheld by the community, attracting both old and new competitors every year.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div> <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">Spring Equinox in Teotihuac\u00e1n \u2013 Mexico<\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\">Each year, thousands of people, traditionally dressed in white, gather at the enormous Teotihuac\u00e1n Pyramid, located around 30 miles northeast of Mexico City, to celebrate the spring equinox. Taking place on either the 20th or 21st of March annually, many celebrants use the morning to climb the 360 steps to the top of the Pyramid to get closer to the sky.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div> <h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; padding:px; text-align:; font-size:px; line-height:px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight:;\" class=\"    \">Floriade \u2013 Australia<\/h2> <div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section  \"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\">Floriade first began in 1988, when parks manager Peter Sutton and landscape designer Chris Slotemaker De Bruine conceptualized a proposal for a grand floral display in celebration of Australia bicentenary and Canberra\u2019s 75th birthday. The result was a beautiful, exotic floral display, which was so wholeheartedly embraced by the local community, that it became an annual celebration of spring in the country. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from neighbouring Sydney and Brisbane to see more than a million flowers bloom in this month-long festival of color, music, and horticulture.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754161808{background-color: #a81d2e !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nd_options_vc_parallax_filter_3&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754021790{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14936&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;500&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754161808{background-color: #a81d2e !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nd_options_vc_parallax_filter_3&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486754021790{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]&#8220;What&#8217;s particularly beautiful about spring is how differently it&#8217;s celebrated around the world&#8221;. 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