February

This article is a travel topic This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of February. Global Belgium Early February: Carnival de Binche, [1] in Binche Brazil Late February or early March: Carnival in Brazil and others. The precise date of carnival is 7 weeks before Easter, which is moveable itself (the first full-moon Sunday after 21 March). Instead of relying on your own astrophysics skills, take note: Ash Wednesday for the next years will be 01 March 2006, 21 Feb 2007, 06 Feb 2008, 25 Feb 2009 and 17 Feb 2010. Canada Early February: Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec), [2] in Quebec City, Quebec. 2008 concides with the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. 2nd: Groundhog day in Canada, centered on Wiarton, Ontario. China Late January or early February: Chinese New Year, celebrated in China, Singapore and anywhere where there are large concentrations of Chinese Croatia February or early March: Rijeka Carnival, [3] Germany Thursday before Ash Wednesday: Fasnacht in parts of southern Germany and Northeastern Switzerland - Colourful street carnivals to ward off the winter spirits, featuring costumed brass bands. Takes place in most towns Iceland Date dependent on snowfall: Nuuk Snow Festival, [4] in Nuuk Italy Late January and early February: Venice Carnival, [5] in Venice Jamaica Early February: Bob Marley Week, [6], all Jamaica, but especially in Kingston Japan Third Saturday: Naked Man Festival (also known as hadaka matsuri or saidaiji eyo) [7] in Okayama Korea Late January or early February: Korean Lunar New Year (Seollal), South Korea New Zealand 6th: Waitangi day - New Zealand's national day. Commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. South Africa 31 January to 3 February 2008: MPH Motoring Theatre [8] at the Coca-Cola Dome [9] in Johannesburg with the guys from BBC's Top Gear show 14 February 2008: Celine Dion performing at the Coca-Cola Dome [10] in Johannesburg Late February: A1GP, [11] in Durban Spain 28th: Andalucia´s day Tibet 18th: New Year Celebrations, Bhutan, parts of Nepal, Tibet and Tibetan communities in India. United Kingdom Mid February: Jorvik Viking Festival, [12] in York United States of America 2nd: Groundhog day in the United States of America, centered on Punxsutawney. 3rd Monday in February: Presidents Day New Orleans Mardi Gras in New Orleans Vietnam Late January or early February: Vietnamese New Year (Tết), Vietnam Calendar of events and festivals January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!