Thursday 09-05-2024 - 15:49

The sun is finally shining and we’re getting into the spring-spirit!

There’s so many ways to enjoy this season; we know most of you will be enjoying the spring-time weather soaking up the sun in a beer garden with your mates 🍺

There’s loads of unique traditions that take place all across the globe at this time of the year, so take a look at some the ways spring is celebrated around the world:

 

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Songkran, Thailand

Songkran is a celebration of spring that involves throwing water at one another! This usually lasts for three days and begins on the day that the sun begins moving towards the northern hemisphere, marking the end of winter and start of spring.

Water is used to symbolise ‘washing away’ the previous year, plus who doesn’t love a good water fight?

 

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Flower Parade of the Bollenstreek, Holland

Flowers are definitely one of the first things that come to mind when you think about this season 🌺

The flower parade is an annual highlight of spring in the Netherlands and attracts more than a million people. It makes for a beautiful spectacle and is the only parade that is built with bulbous flowers such as hyacinths, daffodils, and tulips 🌷

 

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Egg standing game, China

This game is a custom that dates to 4,000 years ago and is used to celebrate the coming of spring. It involves standing an egg upright, and it is believed that if someone is successful they will have good luck in the future.

How does this relate to spring? Well some believe that the Spring Equinox is the best time to practise this game as the axis of the earth will be balanced against the orbital plane of the earth's rotation around the sun - making it the best opportunity to successfully stand up your egg 🥚

 

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Cherry blossom, Hanami, Japan

Cherry blossoms are at the heart of Japanese culture, and they play a major part of the centuries-old tradition of hanami. Hanami is a joyous celebration, marked by gatherings beneath the blossoming cherry trees 🌸

Both natives and visitors will gather and appreciate the nature and beauty that surrounds them.

 

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