Many of the hill tribes in north Thailand celebrate their new year the same time as the Chinese and last for several days. One of these hill tribes are the Lisu who originate from Yunnan Province in China. Here in part 1 you will see the early morning start of the festivities, which include drinking, fireworks, animal sacrifices and spirit worship and the beginning of the dancing. Many of the hill tribe where their colorful costumes during the New Year celebrations and the Lisu probably have the most elaborate and colorful costumes .

Carnivale of Venice, 2004

CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL. Want to see a real one? Dutch St. Maarten Carnival was just out of this world. We were there to capture one of the Carnival Parades. Nobody can party like Caribbeans and the Grand Parades are just part of it. The sheer joy of a Carnival Parade is something to see as is the "winding" of the ladies. You'll see some "winding" so watch it and practice.

A wacky festival in honor of a frozen dead guy. Parades, costumes, coffin races and more...Ryan takes a trip to a small mountain town in Colorado to witness all the craziness.

Every year, during the St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC, a section of 5th Avenue on 59th Street is designated just for protesters. They call it the Protest Corral. Why would anyone have anything bad to say about Irish Day in New York? Well, they seem to have some valid reasons...