Noche du Brujas
Night of the Witches, as it is translated, is celebrated the first Friday of March at Cerro Mono Blanco in Catemaco, Mexico. This festival, which features song and dance performances as well as a marketplace for all things magical, is just the place to go if you are looking for a lucky rabbit’s foot or a love potion. It is held on Laguna Catemaco, which is made up of several islands, including Isla de los Mono (Monkey Island). The island is home to dozen of macques.
Fallas
Fallas is celebrated March 12-19 in Valenica, Spain. It is also a celebration of spring. Throughout the festival, fallas, which are huge sculptures of papier mâché on wood built by teams of local artists, are placed throughout the city. Just like Mardi Gras in New Orleans, local community groups and neighborhoods sponsor their own fallas. More than 350 of these giant puppets are placed throughout the city. On the last day of the festival, the fallas are set on fire by the use of fireworks.
Holi
Holi is an annual festival held throughout India and Nepal. It occurs for three days around the March full moon. Holi is a celebration of the end of winter and a welcome to spring. On the last day of the festival, the people celebrate the Festival of Colors, where children and adults run through the street throwing colorful powder over each other and dump buckets of dyed water all over each other.
