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festivals A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...

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, of all types.

Festivals in Taiwan

Pulima Art Festival Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ...

Simple Life Festival The Simple Life Festival () is a cultural event held in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People ...

* Taipei International TV Market & Forum *

Taiwan Lantern Festival The Taiwan Lantern Festival () is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Many activities are held across Taiwan during the Lantern Festival; ...

* Taiwan Youth Day

Film festivals in Taiwan

* Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards *

Kaohsiung Film Festival The Kaohsiung Film Festival (KFF; ) is a film festival held annually in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northweste ...

* Taipei Film Festival * Taiwan International Documentary Festival *

Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival The Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival (TIEFF; ) is the oldest and longest running international ethnographic film festival in Asia. Founded in 2001 in collaboration with Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinic ...

Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF; ) is an annual LGBT film festival held each fall in Taipei, Taiwan. Other events are held in Kaoshiung and Taichung. It was founded in 2014 by the Taiwanese LGBT activist Jay Lin, and is the only L ...

Women Make Waves Women Makes Waves is a film festival based in Taiwan since 1993. It is the first and only women's film festival in the country. It is the largest women's film festival in Asia, and predates the Taipei Film Festival, which was founded in 1998. Sinc ...

Folk festivals in Taiwan

* Double Ninth Festival *

Double Third Festival The Key Holiday () is a keyholiday originated from China, and is celebrated in multiple East Asian countries, including China and Korea. China The Double Third Festival () or Shangsi Festival () is a Chinese festival celebrated on the third ...

* Flying fish festival *

Harvest Festival A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places. ...

Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: / ), also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. Similar holidays are celebrated in Japan (), Korea (), Vietnam (), and other countries in Eas ...

* Weiya * Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival *

Zhong Yuan Festival The Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival (traditional Chinese: 中元節; simplified Chinese: ) in Taoism and Yulanpen Festival () in Buddhism, is a traditional Taoist and Buddhist festival held in certain East Asian countrie ...

Garden festivals in Taiwan

* Taichung World Flora Exposition *

Taipei International Flora Exposition The 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition (2010 Flora Expo) opened on 6 November 2010 and ran until 25 April 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. It was a garden festival recognized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH / IAHP ...

Music festivals in Taiwan

Amis Music Festival The Amis Music Festival ( zh, t=阿米斯音樂節) is a cultural event held in Dulan Village, Taitung County. The event promotes music, arts and various cultures of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, and is the first of its kind in Taiwan. Hist ...

Beigang International Music Festival The Beigang International Music Festival () is a project of the Beigang Philharmonic Association (Chinese: 雲林縣北港愛樂協會) and takes place in Beigang, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Since its inception in 2006, the festival has grown and dev ...

Formoz Festival Formoz Festival () is a music festival in Taiwan. Started in 1995 with only ten participating bands, Formoz Festival plays an important role in the development of Taiwanese indie music and has now become a three-day event, attracting music fans f ...

Hohaiyan Rock Festival The Hohaiyan Rock Festival () is an annual Taiwan rock music festival held in Fulong Beach, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Names The name "Hohaiyan" came from the historical fact that Taiwan is an island surrounded by sea and waves. Taiw ...

* Megaport Music Festival *

Spring Scream The Spring Scream () is an outdoor music festival held in early April each year at Kenting, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The festival showcases a variety of music styles from bands both from Taiwan and overseas. Each year the festival adds the name ...

Taichung Jazz Festival The Taichung Jazz Festival () is an annual jazz music festival held in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. The main stage is typically located at Civic Square, a park within Calligraphy Greenway. History The festival started in 2003 and is held an ...

* Taroko Music Festival

Religious festivals in Taiwan

Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage The Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage () is usually held annually between lunar January and April in the western plains of Taiwan, a major Taoist religious event since 1863. After every lunar new year, the Mazu statue of Gongtian Temple () at Baishatun, T ...

Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage The Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage is an annual celebration of the Taoist sea goddess Mazu held in Taiwan. During the festival, a statue of Mazu is placed in a litter and carried by foot on a round-trip journey from Jenn Lann Temple in Dajia, Taichung t ...

* Dongzhi Festival * Lantern Festival *

Qing Shan King Sacrificial Ceremony The Qing Shan King Sacrificial Ceremony (青山王祭) is a centuries-old festival that is held annually in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan. It is held between the 20th and 22nd of October (based on Lunar Calendar) and is meant to celebrate the birthday of ...

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