Archive for the 'festivals' Category

Diwali – Festival of Lights

In India, one of the most significant festivals is Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. It’s a fiveday celebration that includes good food, fireworks, colored sand, and special candles and lamps.
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Minnesota Renaissance Festival – My Favorite Minnesota

Renaissance Festival: Shakopee
I love this place ’cause I can speak with a fake English accent all day long and pretend I’m in a Monty Python movie. If you’re a single woman you’re guaranteed to find a knight in shining armor. Ha. It’s a big costume party and you can get hooked up with some period [...]

Festival of Oshun

Oshun or Osun is a Yoruba goddess that is associated with erotic beauty, gold and rivers. Awo Osun, a New York society of Oshun worshipers, gathers by the Hudson River every summer to honor the deity and pay respects to ancestors. Everyone comes dressed in white, as is customary for Yoruba festivals. I unfortunately showed [...]

Winchester Festival

Highlights from the Winchester Festival 2009, featuring Julian Fellowes, Lord Patten, Michael Wood, Sian Phillips, and Frank Gardner. The Festival features a diverse programme of arts events including talks from prominent authors, theatrical and musical performances.
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Festival make-up tutorial

It appears that this video is aimed at european culture. For those from the U.S that want to know what a festival is Click this link http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
Have fun at your festivals this year guys. Nic and the rest of our family will be at Latitude.
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Claude Debussy: Nocturnes – Festivals

I discribe it as a strange jolly Nocturne, but still interesting to listen to.
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How many beer festivals are you thinking about going to this year?

I’m talking about Camra beer festivals but you can mention small independent pub run events if you like. I’ve only been to the Cambridge beer festival so far, but I shall definitely go to Peterborough and Norwich and might do a couple of others.
Didn’t make Cambridge this year (I’m normally one of the stewards there)
So [...]

Molten Iron Throwing

More dangerous festivals – this time in Nuanquan, China, where locals hurl molten iron at a wall. And sometimes, on themselves.
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Bicycle Film Festival 2010 Trailer

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary!
http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/
In 2001, Brendt Barbur, Founder and Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through [...]

aint no more cane – janis joplin

Taken from Festival Express. You can see Rick Danko, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and various other musicians singing.
*******
You shoulda been on the river in 1910
They were driving the women just like they drove the men.
Go down Old Hannah,(2) don’cha rise no more
Don’t you rise up til Judgment Day’s for sure
Ain’t no more cane [...]