This program looks at festivals from around the world. From ancient tribal rituals in Papua New Guinea to post-modern pagan parties in the American desert, traveler Justine Shapiro and her fellow travelers take viewers on a month-to-month, year-long, around-the-world celebration. Viewers will experience the famous Mardi Gras Carnival in New Orleans, attend the colorful Epiphany celebration in Timkat -- Ethiopia's largest festival, dance the night away to the sound of Samba at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, witness the little-known Inca festival Inti Raymi in Peru, walk the famous Pilgrim Trail leading to Santiago de Compostela and observe the annual Ashura parade in Pakistan that commemorates the death of the last descendant of the holy prophet, Mohammed.