Festivals & Holidays
This spring festival marks the Lunar New Year in Chin
What is Spring Festival or Chinese New Year?
Sushi is traditionally served with pickled ginger, soy sauce, and this green paste.
What is wasabi?
This is the most spoken language in the world.
This Korean music genre has fans dancing and singing along to groups like BTS.
What is K-pop?
This Japanese sport involves two large wrestlers trying to push each other out of a ring.
What is sumo wrestling?
Japan’s late-March celebration of cherry blossoms is called this.
What is Hanami?
Kimchi, a spicy fermented dish, is a staple of this country’s cuisine.
What is Korea?
The city of Kyoto in Japan is famous for its many of these traditional buildings.
What are temples or shrines?
Japanese artists fold paper into animals, flowers, and more in this art.
What is origami?
The body art known as mehndi, often applied during Indian weddings, uses a dye made from this plant.
What is henna?
In India, people toss colorful powders during this Hindu festival.
What is Holi?
The bubble in bubble tea comes from these chewy pearls.(Not Boba say the actual name)
What are tapioca pearls?
The Banaue Rice Terraces, often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” are located in this country.
What is the Philippines?
This Japanese media franchise, starting in 1996, features pocket monsters that trainers catch and battle.
Pokemon
This Chinese martial art, whose name means “supreme ultimate fist,” is often practiced slowly for health and balance.
What is tai chi?
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by eating these round pastries.
What are mooncakes?
This spice blend gives Indian curries their yellow color.
What is turmeric?
Angkor Wat, a massive temple complex, is located here.
What is Cambodia?
This classic 1988 Japanese animated film, based on a manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, is set in a futuristic Neo-Tokyo.
What is Akira?
This Vietnamese garment consists of a long tunic worn over pants and is common for festivals and celebrations.
What is an ao dai?
Songkran, Thailand’s New Year, is famous for large battles with this substance.
What is water?
This fermented soybean dish from Japan is known for its sticky texture and strong aroma, often eaten with rice at breakfast.
What is natto?
The Pamir Mountains, nicknamed “Roof of the World,” lie mainly in this Central Asian country.
What is Tajikistan?
Studio Ghibli created magical worlds with films like Spirited Away; this animator co-founded it.
Who is Hayao Miyazaki?
This Southeast Asian sport, played with a rattan ball, combines soccer and volleyball skills and is popular in Thailand and Malaysia.
What is sepak takraw?