August: A Fiesta of Food, Music and Art

byStaff Reporter

The month of August heralds the Indian festive season. This year, it begins with Parsi New Year on August 16 and Onam on August 20 and ends with Nariyal Purnima and Raksha Bandhan on August 31. In fact, the month of August sees as many as 200 large and small festivals across the world! Let’s take a look at some of them.

BURNING MAN, NEVADA, USA A cult festival, Burning Man is held in the arid Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA, every year between August 27 and September 4. The festival is a week-long celebration of self-expression, communal participation and artistic ingenuity, drawing close to 50,000 free-spi