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WHAT’S ON No matter where you are in the world, there’s plenty of events - both online and offline - to enjoy
JAPAN 8-22 November The Grand Sumo Tournament is the final of Japan’s six beloved annual honbasho (professional sumo tournaments).
SINGAPORE
PHOTOS: DIWALI UDAYADITYA BARUA ON/UNSPLASH; ANTARCTIC ICE MARATHON/FACEBOOK; ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART/FACEBOOK
13 November
Noticeably absent are adorable spectators – penguins actually don’t live this far south.
Orchard Road’s magical Christmas lights can be seen from anywhere this year, with a virtual 360-degree tour online.
ANTARCTICA 13 December
USA 4-13 December
INDIA
As if heading to Antarctica wasn’t an adventure in itself, the 16th Antarctic Ice Marathon takes place less than a kilometre from the South Pole.
In its 20th year, with the motto “films worth freezing for”, the Anchorage International Film Festival features local Alaskan talent in the impressive line up.
14 November Diwali, the grand Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
AUSTRALIA 16 November 2020-10 January 2021 Melbourne’s beloved Myer Christmas window display will go ahead this year, but the theme is still – at the time of print – a heavily guarded secret. Rumours suggest it will be a “very Melbourne theme.”
AUSTRALIA 26 December Hopefuls in the gruelling, iconic Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race set sail from Sydney Harbour.
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