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Colombia UNITED STATES - New Years Eve – New York City Watching the ball fall from Times Square on New Years Eve is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. New Yorkers gather early in the day with whistles, horns, balloons, and posters and begin the countdown.
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UNITED STATES - Sundance Film Festival, Utah Each year the Sundance Film Festival selects 200 films for exhibition from nearly 12,000 submissions. More than 50,000 people attend screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, January 17 through 27. BRAZIL – Carnival of Rio, Rio de Janerio Held 46 days before Easter beginning the Friday before Ash Wednesday, the annual celebration is a raucous street party filled with music, parades, food and drinks. February 8, 2013. AUSTRALIA – Sydney Festival The Harbor City comes alive in a cultural festival of music, dance and visual spectacle every January since 1977. More thank a million tourists will see more than 300 performances and 80 events involving more than a thousand artists.
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COLOMBIA – Bogota’s Fashion Week Designers who excel in clothing, footwear, leather goods, and jewelry gather at this ever-growing successful Latin American fashion event to show the latest trends, held February 15, 16 and 17. PHILIPPINES - Dinagyang Festival, Queen Festival of the Philippines, Iloilo City This religious and cultural festival is a tribute to Senor Santo Nino, whom the Ilonggos believe is miraculous, especially during times of calamity. The festival is held every fourth Sunday in January and features parades, extravagant performances and frenzied dancing.