Robert HardingTowards the end of summer, herdsmen carefully adorn their cows with bells and headdresses made from plants and flowers before guiding them home to their […]
Tag: Festival
Riotous fun at Nepal’s Bisket Jatra festival
This lively festival kicks off the Nepali New Year with traditional music and rituals including the throwing of coloured powder. The biggest celebration takes place in […]
Cinco de Mayo Mexican celebrations
Cinco de Mayo (the Fifth of May) is a celebration that marks the Mexican army’s victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in […]
The colours of Holi Festival by Ben Pipe
Travel photographer Ben Pipe traveled to India to photograph participants in one of the world’s most colourful events, Holi, an ancient Hindu festival in which people […]
The masks of Venice Carnival
Masks are an important part of Venice’s spectacular Carnival, with the island’s mask-makers historically holding a respected position in society. These leather, ceramic and glass creations […]
Spain’s best festivals
Spain is the world’s best festival destination with every town in the country holding its own unique street party. Whether centring around extravagant parades, feats of bravery, fireworks […]
Carnival in Tenerife
Carnival season is nearly upon us, but if Brazil is too far to get to, Europe has its fair share of spectacular street parades and […]
Ati-Atihan festival
The Ati-Atihan festival is a wild, week-long party in honour of Santo Niño (baby Jesus), that began in the 13th Century, celebrated in mid-January by […]
Fire festivals
Britons celebrate Bonfire Night this week (on the 5th of November) originally to mark the day of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, but what other […]
The human towers of Catalonia
This September Barcelona’s huge street festival, Festes de la Merce, featured giant human towers in the city’s main plaza. But this gravity defying spectacle is not limited […]
Wedding Moussem or ‘September Romance’
This festival, in the Atlas mountain town of Imilchil, Morocco, is about livestock and romance in equal measure. Herders come together after spending the summer […]
Burning Man Festival
Every year over 60,000 festival goers descend on the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, for this festival of self expression, community and ‘radical self […]
Notting Hill Carnival
Preparations are being made for this year’s flamboyant Notting Hill Carnival on the 24th and 25th August. The event, that rocks the the UK’s capital, London, […]
Il Palio horse race
Il Palio is a horse race held twice a year in which ten bareback jockeys ride furiously around the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. Dramatic […]
Esala Perahera festival
The Buddhist festival Esala Perahera takes place this year from 1-11th August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Also known as the festival of the tooth, it celebrates the […]
Dragon boat races
Dragon boat racing is an ancient sport that is still extremely popular in China. Last week Dragon boat races filled Hong Kong’s harbour with noise and […]
Sydney in lights
Vivid Sydney is an amazing event featuring giant light projections that transform the city’s buildings. It is held annually in May and June. Sydney Opera […]
Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is a wild and wonderful Shinto festival in which ornate shrines called Mikoshi are carried through the streets of Tokyo surrounded by enthusiastic crowds […]
Seville Fair
Throughout this week the Feria de Abril (Seville Fair) fills this beautiful Andalucian town with music, dancing and spectacular horse parades. The fair takes place two weeks after […]
Las Fallas festival
Sculptors have been working for many months in the Spanish city of Valencia to create fallas – elaborate figures propped on architectural monuments several stories high. […]
Tamborrada Festival
At midnight on the 19th January every year, the city of San Sebastian comes alive with the sound of drums, which continue to be played […]
Festival of the Sahara
Every year in late December thousands flock to the desert oasis town of Douz in southern Tunisia, for the country’s oldest and best known festival. […]
Tori-No-Ichi
Tori-No-Ichi is a traditional festival held on Japan on various days in November (known as days of the rooster). Festival goers visit ornate Otori shrines […]
Surin Elephant Festival
Every November, elephant handlers in Surin, Thailand, show off their skills by leading their animals in a procession, games of football and tugs of war. […]
Jidai Matsuri Festival
A photographic tour The Jidai Matsuri, or Festival of Ages, is a spectacular celebration of Japan’s history that takes place in Kyoto and Tokyo every 22nd October. Participants dress […]
Oktoberfest
A photographic tour of the world’s largest fair The 180th Oktoberfest kicked off this weekend. This huge party – usually hosting more than 6 million […]
Festes de la Merce
A photographic tour of Barcelona’s most extravagant street festival Barcelona’s spectacular La Mercè Festival – the city’s largest street party – kicks off at the […]