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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Hong Kong Bun Festival
Article by John Rash, 12 May 2008
A traditional festival that was outlawed for more than 15 years has been attracting over 50,000 people annually since being reinstated in 2005.
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Bun Festival Tower: detail
Photo by John Rash, 12 May 2008
Each year hundreds of Chinese buns are tied together to construct a 45-foot tall tower, which will be scaled at midnight on May 12th by competitors trying to reach the top as quickly as possible.
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Crowd Kids #4
Photo by lauren mcclure, 12 May 2008
From the Austin City Limits Music Festival (in Austin, TX).
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Bearfoot
Photo by Elizabeth Reed, 11 May 2008
Close isn't it ?
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That's worth... a PHOTO!!
Photo by marshall peterson, 11 May 2008
These guys are a photo waiting to happen!
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Buenos Aires Tango Festival
Photo by Stephen Chien, 10 May 2008
A crowd surrounds the main stage at the Buenos Aires Tango Festival
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Buenos Aires is Back
Article by Stephen Chien, 10 May 2008
Buenos Aires, the heart and soul of Argentina, suffered badly during the 2001-2002 crisis.
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New Baltic Dance breaks the rules
Article by Jogintas Visockas, 9 May 2008
International contemporary dance festival in Vilnius, Lithuania, brings great acts that break the rules and have big attraction.
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Carnival-Venice
Photo by Rick Sinding, 8 May 2008
Wandering aimlessly through the pedestrian pathways of Venice during Carnival produces encounters with all manner of revelers.
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Kilted
Photo by Amelia Quicke, 17 April 2008
The Highland Games and Celtic Festivals is a wonderful way to revisit your ancestry.
