See our picks for the best festivals across North America, from Dia de Muertos in Mexico to Quebec's Winter Carnival.

It’s a little-known secret that the best time for a Myanmar trip is November if you want to experience unforgettable local customs! Following a fairly sedate period of alms-giving, the Festival of Lights explodes into the evening sky with an elaborate and fantastical display of pyrotechnics like nothing you’ve ever seen before!

Festivals are the magic masala to spice up your Enchanting trip. Unearth vibrant traditions, food, arts and religious rites. Here are just some of our favorite festivals to discover for the rest of the year and into 2013.

Looking for experiences other than on Thailand beaches? We’ve got a cultural gem for you! Every year an amazing spectacle takes over the night skies in Thailand, with the celebrations of the festival of Loy Krathong. Witness it for yourself with a private tour to Thailand.

Asia is perhaps the most spiritually vibrant place on earth. The festivals of Asia form the epicentre of people’s lives…a time to come together and reminisce about the past, present and future. No matter when you decide to travel, there is always some festival somewhere in Asia.

Experience the vibrant event of Kandy Perahera, the festival of Buddha’s tooth. Deemed one of the world’s best festivals, Sri Lanka’s hill capital, Kandy, will be lit up in all its glory with an exuberant and magnificent street procession that has barely changed in centuries.