The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631 giving birth to his 15th child. It is said that the Emperor was so distraught at her death that his hair turned white overnight.
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Awa Odori is a dance which takes place in various locations throughout the prefecture of Tokushima in Shikoku, the smallest of the four main islands that comprise the Japanese archipelago. The largest celebrations are held in the city of Tokushima itself.
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Bolivia, in true Latino style, is renowned for its fiesta loving spirit. There seem to be fiestas for every occasion possible, from religious, historical or political events. The Fiesta occurs in a remote town in the Bolivia’s Potosi district once a year on the 29th September when the El Tinku dances to serve as a sacrificial commemoration for the local Indian earth goddess, Pachamama.
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Douz is an oasis at the edge of the Sahara, where palm trees out number people by 25 to 1 in a tiny population of just 12,000. Each autumn, this swells dramatically as the oasis hosts the four dayInternational Festival of the Sahara, a spectacular celebration of arts and traditions of the desert people.
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Valencia’s biggest festival – Las Fallas (or Falles) – is a riotous week of celebration, with a myriad of larger-than-life effigies, firework and firecracker displays that light up the streets of the Spanish town.
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