Festivals and religious celebrations

Concarneau (south coast of Brittany): a traditional breton music band called bagad
during the Festival des Filets Bleus (Blue Nets Festival)

Concarneau : traditional bretons costumes (festival des Filets Bleus)

The statue of Mary and banners are carried during the procession at the Pardon of Quelven, Brittany. A Pardon is a typically Breton form of pilgrimage of very ancient origins. A Pardon occurs on the feast day of the patron saint of a church or chapel, in this case for Quelven the 15th August for Ste Mary's day.

Festival de la Mercé : Castellers (human castles) in Barcelona, Spain

La Semana Santa (Mallorca, Spain)

Tibetan monks performing the sacred dances on the occasion of
Buddha's birthday celebrations (Kangding, Tibetan regions of China)

Fiesta de Gracia (Barcelona, Catalonia) : street decoration

Fasching, in Stuttgart (Germany)

St Patrick's day in Cork, Ireland

Medieval parade on the 24th of June in Florence (Italy)

Chinese New Year in Tonghai (Yunnan, south-west China)

some celebrations in Erzurum, Turkey

Valborg or Walpurgis (30th April) in Uppsala (Sweden)
students build some rafts and race down the Fyris river

Gathering of a medieval society in Tbilissi, Georgia

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