Every Friday in spring and autumn some hundred people team up at Plaça del Rei to celebrate one of Barcelona's best-kept secret parties; a gathering of dance and upbeat folk songs played by musicians with traditional instruments in a medieval square. This year sees the 10th year anniversary.
A group of boys perform a traditional dance during the first Kannawidan Ylocos (Ilocos Culture) Festival in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines last January 2008.
A group of boys perform a traditional dance during the first Kannawidan Ylocos (Ilocos Culture) Festival in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines last January 2008.
An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown.
A close up of a box of sweets from a confectioner in Amman, Jordan.
The Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Richmond Virginia
Sweets on display at a Zalatimo Brothers shop in Amman, Jordan
Apart from the fresh pastries made daily, Zalatimo produce hand made chocolates and sugared almonds. Sugared almonds are an ancient tradition that dates back to the Roman Empire.
The shops are an attraction themselves. Large trays of neatly arranged pastries are placed on gleaming stands making the displays even more attractive.
Faisaleh pastries are made with a thin, thread like pastry which is shaped into triangles and filled with bright green pistachios. After baking they are dipped into syrup in the traditional middle eastern way.