festivals

June 6, 2014

Celebrating Gawai, the Harvest Festival in Borneo [photos]

Celebrating Gawai, the Harvest Festival in Borneo When we received an invitation to Gawai, or the Harvest Festival, we didn’t know exactly what to expect. […]

April 18, 2011

Getting Soaked at Songkran: the Thai New Year

By Stephen Bugno On the morning of the first day of Songkran I expected to be woken up by firecrackers. Supposedly it chases off the bad […]