MetaFilter posts tagged with Festivals

It is the season to be jolly!!!

hadjiboy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:08:12 -0800

Navratri = Nine Nights of Garba and Dandiya on the eve of Dussehra and Diwali.

I Haven't Tried Them, Have You?

Xurando — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:07:00 -0800

It's Spring And It's Mountain Oyster Time Probably NSFW

Events and Festivals Across the USA

netbros — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:49:11 -0800

Top Events USA lists their top 20 events across the USA, the top 10 events and festivals for each of the United States, and lists of the best annual events and festivals by category or theme. There are comment input boxes on every page - or nominate a new event or festival that you think is something important Top Events USA has missed.

Museum of the Moving Image

netbros — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:33:31 -0800

Moving Image Source is devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media. It features original articles by leading critics, authors, and scholars; a calendar that highlights major retrospectives, festivals, and gallery exhibitions at venues around the world; and a regularly updated guide to online research resources. Currently featured articles include Nervous About Nixon? from David Schwartz, chief curator of the museum; The People's Director, a look at Chinese filmmaker Xie Jin; and Lessons in Darkness, extreme precipices and gray areas in the films of Barbet Schroeder.

radiant and reverent: religious festivals in China and Tibet

madamjujujive — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:52:24 -0800

Armchair travel via three superb audio slide shows by photographer Reinhard Krause:
Monlam, the Tibetan Great Prayer Festival - Aba China
Catholics celebrate Christmas in rural China
Tibetan prayer meeting in Tongren His portfolio is also quite excellent - here a few photos I particularly liked: Window washer Seated women in a park Three cheerleaders Chinese rock band Young Chinese athletes North Korean soldiers exercising North Korean respect

LOLa-Sperma-palooza-toza

takeyourmedicine — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:52:13 -0800

"We need sperm donations... you need festival tickets... wanna strike a deal?" Ireland wants your sperm.

Deepavali

hadjiboy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:20:26 -0800

Diwali: the festival of light. Go ahead, light a diya (no, not that Diya) or something a bit more festive. Burn a few firecrackers, but be careful not to harm yourself. And be sure to have a taste of those mouth savouring sweets.

The season of Bounty

hadjiboy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:11:58 -0800

Celebrating Onam (via Google and Flickr)

Beltane Fire Festival

homunculus — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:15:42 -0800

The Beltane Fire Society Fire Festival. Happy Beltane! [Some links NSFW.]

Ayee Ree Ayee Ree Holi Ayee Ree

hadjiboy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:29:55 -0800

Holi: The Festival of Colours.

Rung--Oh--Lee

hadjiboy — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:01:15 -0800

The art of Rangoli:

Festivals of the World

lalochezia — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:53:20 -0800

Looking for somewhere to go and see how humanity celebrates being alive? Or maybe you're just interested in nettle eating, a parade of the unmarried women, wife carrying championships, sand sculpture or kinetic sculpture. If you're gonna make an omlette, you have to break some eggs.

Rattlesnakes, rattlesnacks

donovan — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:38:44 -0800

Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Roundup! An annual tradition since 1958, people from miles around come to look at the thousands of collected rattlesnakes, join in the hunting, watch them get milked, killed, and skinned, and then eat them. Check out Chris Hamilton's engaging b&w photo essay.

Renaissance Festivals Books: British Library

peacay — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:54:58 -0800

Renaissance Festival Books. The British Library has digitized 253 books about European festivals and ceremonies that occurred between 1475 and 1700. "From marriages, coronations and births to official visits and saints’ days, celebrations staged by the royal courts of Europe were occasions to be remembered. Festival books could be compared to souvenir programmes, or magazine accounts, documenting through eye-witness accounts and philosophical reflections the key events in the lives of princely and elite folk – the celebrities of the day." The collection is aimed at both lay and scholarly types. via

Beliefnet's Multifaith calendar

matteo — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:16:14 -0800

Monthly multifaith calendar of religious holidays and festivals.

Can you hear the drums Fernando? FERNANDO!!?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:26:21 -0800

Ever noticed how silly those people dancing in music videos start looking when you turn the sound off? Next June, see that live as a spectator at the Glastonbury festival, which will feature a Silent Disco this year in an effort to sidestep noise curfews.

Moblogs in the dutch rain

sebas — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:10:41 -0800

Loglands. Ongoing mobile phone cam coverage from the ~~rainy mud~~ Lowlands Festival taking place this weekend.

Make that frostbite count.

orange swan — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:11:31 -0800

The Harbin Snow and Ice Festival The temperature in Harbin, China reaches forty below zero, both Fahrenheit and centigrade, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok, Russia, just 300 miles away. Rather than suffer the cold, the residents of Harbin celebrate it, with an annual festival of snow and ice sculptures and competitions. The main link actually shows the 2003 sculptures; here are some from this year.

Mid-Autumn Festival

casarkos — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:33:12 -0800

Tonight, for several Asian cultures, is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People gather to watch the full moon, tell stories, and eat mooncakes. San Francisco Chinatown is holding its own Moon Festival as well.

Slip slidin' away...

debralee — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:35:48 -0800

Ever had the urge to don a pair of tight pants, oil yourself up and grapple another man? Then you should head on over to the Kirkpinar Greased Wrestling Festival in Edirne, held each year at the end of June. But beware; the moves can be highly dirty and involve battering your opponent around the head, pulling their ears and even pushing your hand into your opponents shorts and squeezing their testicles. This sure isn't your father's wrasslin'!

Fairy Congress aka Loonsville

zeoslap — Fri, 30 May 2003 14:21:49 -0800

Hoorah! Fairy Congress '03 is almost upon us. With the admiral goal of Promoting Quality Human & Fairy Relations and special guest Dotty Maclean of Findhorn Community fame who apparently has done more than any other person in the 20th century to popularize the idea that humans can communicate with devas, in attendance you'd be crazy to miss it. Sure looks like fun...

Hey, a festival! But, why?

spandex — Thu, 22 May 2003 09:01:13 -0800

The Hay Festival of Literature begins tomorrow. Lasting for ten days, and touted as the world's largest literary festival, it is located in Hay-on-Wye (Y-Gelli), the world's first booktown and self-proclaimed Independent Kingdom. Hay-on-Wye is a booklover's paradise (or hell, depending on the state of your credit card), with over 40 incredibly well-stocked bookshops (in a small town of only 2500 people, this means about three bookshops per block). This year's Festival offers a chance to hearfrom the likes of DeLillo, Atwood, Said, Childish and Hitchens, and while some are obviously on-tour and will be standing next to a table of their newest product, the events aren't free. Would you pay to hear your favourite authors read? Has hearing an author changed the way you read his/her book? Which authors have been as entertaining in person, and which have turned you off reading their books forever?

Mardi Gras Worldwide

moonbird — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:19:10 -0800

It's finally here. You're certainly familiar with the festivals in New Orleans and Rio, but what about Haiti, Germany, and Watertown, Tennesee? Also called Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras has ancient origins with links back to Lupercalia and other pre-Christian celebrations. Carnival translates as "farewell to the flesh," which speaks to the surrender of beloved things during the season of Lent.
So, what will you do for beads, babe?

Hounen Matsuri et cetera

hama7 — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:56:08 -0800

Hounen Matsuri is Japanese and means Festival for a prosperous year.
There are many festivals in Japan. But this one is quite different. Not many Japanese know about this Matsuri, and they are very surprized [QuickTime video] when they hear about it for the first time. Well, what is it?

Voyageman — Sun, 05 May 2002 20:05:00 -0800

Retro-Garage, Proto-Punk, Rock-Boogie, Glam-Rock, Alternative Hip-Hop ? From the NY Times [reg req] review of the third annual Coachella Art and Music Festival in Indio, California "...with music slightly further out on the cutting edge than predecessors like Lollapalooza and the Woodstocks of the 90's." Is so much "new" stuff really going on, or is this just reviewer's fever?