Category : New Years

454. Identifying Flags from Nevruz Countries in Toronto – 2015

Ruth writes: I especially wanted to go to one of my favourites, the Nevruz Spring Festival at the Nile Academy. This festival is great

The Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre (TCCC) in Etobicoke has made some changes since Losar last year. It looks like things are getting better for

357. How Did I Celebrate Chinese New Year Day?

  I spent four hours, yes, four hours, at Chinatown Centre on Spadina on February 10. The band from HMC Ship York started the

356. Scarborough Town Centre Chinese New Year.

Gloria Spoden writes, “I was at Scarborough Town Centre this weekend and this is what I saw.  Happy New Year everyone.” Thanks for sharing

355. Yesterday’s LunarFest at Harbourfront

Many Chinese New Year celebrations are aimed at Toronto’s Chinese. Harbourfront’s LunarFest is for everybody and it’s entirely in English. It’s participatory. You can

Lucky Tatar children. Three Santa Clauses showed up to give them gifts at the Tatar Old New Year party this past weekend. Of course

344. Tatar Old New Year Party

Where is Tatarstan? For me, it’s been in Toronto ever since curiosity took me to a couple Tatar festivals here. The Tatar community in

  Free Israeli, British, Roma, Bulgarian, Burmese, Buddhist, & Sikh events are on this weekend. In addition there’s International Dance Day and the documentary

  As single-culture festivals go, the Thai New Year Songkran this past Sunday was as perfect as they get. If you missed it this

Sandra McCallum recently went with Ruth to a festival at Sri Ayyappan Hindu Temple in  Scarborough. She writes:   As we entered the temple,