March, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are four wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring. If you want to know more about them, please click here or visit http://www.buddhanet.net/

SongKran----Thailand

Dates: 13th-15th, April

In Thailand, people celebrate a festival called SongKran, when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray everyone who walks past.

Naghol----Vanuatu

Dates: Every Saturday from April to May

Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the people's diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its "land diving ceremony". During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden towers with only two thin vines(藤) attached to their ankles.

Cherry Blossom Viewing----Japan

Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.

The festival is well-known. Japanese celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣) fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. That means the traditional festival only lasts for several days. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.

Sinhalese New Year----Sri Lanka

Dates: 13th or 14th, April

Just like in many other countries in South or South East Asia, this is the time when the Sinhalese celebrate the traditional New Year, an ancient celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and is one of two times of the year when the sun is straight above Sri Lanka. There are a lot of delicious foods during the celebration.

Festival season runs all year long in North America. In any given month, each state comes alive with wonderful food, music, and art festivals.

Sundance Film Festival

Park City, Utah

Later in the first month, head over to Park City for one of the most respected film competitions in the U.S., the Sundance Film Festival. The event runs for ten days (January 18-28) and shows the year’s most competitive independent films, from short films to full-length feature movies.

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Manchester, Tennessee

Let the summer fun begin. Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival brings together more than 150 musical performances in Manchester, Tennessee— about an hour’s drive from both Nashville and Chattanooga. From June 13-16, the Bonnaroo campgrounds come alive with music, comedy (喜剧), cinema, food, and different entertaining activities.

National Cherry Festival

Traverse City, Michigan

There is more to Michigan than wonderful lakes and snowy winters. In the summer, the state celebrates its abundant harvest of tart cherries (酸樱桃) with the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. From June 29-July 6, dig into this attractive food festival that features carnival rides, live music, food vendors, cherry wine and beer tents, pie-eating contests, family-friendly activities, and so on.

Village of Lights

Leavenworth, Washington

There is plenty of traditional celebrating as well, like the Village of Lights Festival in Leavenworth. Every year, visitors from all over the world stop by this famous Christmas town to watch over 500,000 lights shine against the snow. Of course, the holiday fun doesn’t stop there. Shop the German-style Christmas markets, tour the Nutcracker Museum, and if you’re traveling with kids, the reindeer (驯鹿) petting zoo and sleigh rides are sure to add some magic to your vacation.