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.
Photo by henk goossens, 7 April 2008
Putting flowers on the Virgin of the Unprotected.
Photo by Joel Neff, 7 April 2008
Families and friends enjoy the picnic-like atmosphere of the spring Cherry Blossom Viewing season.
Photo by ricky montalvo, 10 April 2008
Traditional Catalan dance.
Photo by christian demarco, 10 April 2008
School parade in the streets of Uyuni.
Photo by Fiona Thomson, 11 April 2008
On the Saturday night of the Wickerman Festival in Scotland the huge wickerman is burned alongside a fire display.
Photo by Trina Michelle Robinson, 11 April 2008
New York City would not be the same without Coney Island's Mermaid Parade.
Photo by David Seaver, 15 April 2008
Family members pray during a two day festival remembering ancestors and relatives.
Photo by Amelia Quicke, 17 April 2008
The Highland Games and Celtic Festivals is a wonderful way to revisit your ancestry.
Photo by Doug Bull, 19 April 2008
Montreal's comedy festival held every July closes of major streets to let comedic acts, buskers, unusual props and other funny things that make a stroll along one of the streets an unusual experience!
Photo by Michael Ast, 19 April 2008
Mardi Gras revelers celebrate along Frenchmen Street in New Orleans' famous French Quarter during Fat Tuesday.