Theme: Festival
When the weather gets warm, festival season gets underway. Whether you gather for music, art, dance, theater, food — or any combination of these — tell us about your experiences at festivals around the world.
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Everything's Golden
Article by Keith Graff, 1 May 2008
A brief look at the "Golden Week" celebrations at a tiny village in Japan.
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A Flock of Carp
Photo by Keith Graff, 30 April 2008
Tiny Oku village puts on their annual display of Koi banners.
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Songkran in Chiang Mai
Photo by Andrew Weller, 30 April 2008
New Year's festivities include bathing Buddha images, merit-making, and a massive water fight.
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The Grape Stomp: A Spanish Wine Festival
Article by Karen Hamlin, 29 April 2008
It's 2:00AM and the place is stompin'; the place is the town of Logrono in Spain.
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Chinatown, DC
Photo by Karen Hamlin, 28 April 2008
Feed the dragon cabbage!
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Bluegrass Balloon Race
Photo by Lizzie Morrison, 27 April 2008
Largest balloon event in Kentucky and the 5th largest balloon festival in the United States.
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The Scottish Highland and the Isle of Skye
Article by Doug Bruns, 27 April 2008
Essay and photos of travel through the Scottish Highland to Isle of Skye for a bag pipe festival.
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Parading Energy
Photo by Eileen Roche, 26 April 2008
Crowds cheer and jump for beads as floats pass by during the Krew D'Etat Marti Gras parade in uptown New Orleans.
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Up Helly AA, Edinburgh, Scotland
Photo by nathan kelly, 25 April 2008
The Up Helly Aa is said to be a viking festival where the vikings burned their longboats as a symbol of their inability to return home from the land they were invading.
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Behold the color of this week long festival
Photo by Leila Samara, 24 April 2008
Girls dressed in every color imaginable take it easy before the sun sets and the true festival begins.
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