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 […]
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Naadam festival in pictures
This week (starting on the 11th July) Mongolia’s traditional festival, Naadam, whips the country into a frenzy of colourful costume parades, horse racing, archery and Mongolian wrestling […]
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. […]