In Kabuki make up, this is used to create the white oshiroi base for the characters/actors.

This dance is the highlight of Chinese New Year celebrations held  worldwide in Chinatowns around the world.

It is celebrated nationwide by releasing lotus-shaped baskets decorated with candles and flowers onto the rivers and water way throughout Thailand.

A festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February. Japanese and artists gather to create ice sculptures and giant snow statues often depict Japanese cartoons or famous buildings around the world

It is an annual flower festival celebrated every February which takes place in Baguio City, Philippines.

This Festival is held in October, a carnival parade in which the people are wearing colorful and smiling masks in Bacolod City.

The sky lanterns, decorated with good luck wishes and prayers are released to the sky on the two nights of celebrations.

A traditional form of entertainment in China where most of its stories come from Chinese history and legends. The most significant form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics.

It is a poetic debate presented through song and dance, which originated from indigenous courtship customs of the Philippines. It started to be called the "balagtasan" where it evolved into a more formal debate on issues.