Alternative Swiss ski holidays
When you've this many slopes it would be a shame to waste them. Catherine Quinn discovers why the Swiss have cornered the market on outlandish ways to travel downhill.
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Rio de Janeiro Carnival (Mardi Gras)
13 - 16 February
Rio has mutated this religious festival into the largest, most exotic and best known street carnival in the world.
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14 February
Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square are engulfed with oriental colour on the day of the Chinese New Year, along with the adjoining Chinatown district in London's Soho.
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Buns Day (Bolludagur), Iceland
22 February
Bolludagur is celebrated throughout Iceland on the Monday two days before Ash Wednesday, when Icelanders young and old give over the day to the consumption of delicious cakes or 'buns'.
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