Feasts

What can cultural celebrations tell us about the people of the world? Festivals are the one time of the year where families, communities and whole countries come together to celebrate. But what do these ritual festivals tell us about people and their cultures? Tonight food writer Stefan Gates travels to Japan for the Naked Man Festival and the intriguing Baby Sumo festival.

What can cultural celebrations tell us about the people of the world? In the three-part food series Feasts, food writer Stefan Gates travels to Japan, India and Mexico to discover these countries' most important religious and cultural food extravaganzas and joins in the extraordinarily lavish affairs that sometimes last for days at a time.