Festivals et fêtes religieuses |
Concarneau (south coast of Brittany): a traditional breton music band called bagad
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. "Intron Varia Guelven" (Our Lady Mary of Quelven)
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
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)
Gathering of a medieval society in Tbilissi, Georgia
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