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Viareggio carnival returns after COVID delay

One of Italy's most popular parades, 'The Viareggio Carnival' has returned to the city after being postponed due to COVID-19. Tackling themes including the pandemic, the floats this year point to issues such as deforestation in Brazil and racial injustice in the US

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Art Paris 2021 shows the artistic introspection of the pandemic

Art Paris 2021 is open to the public and to art professionals from the 9th of September until the 12th in the Grand Palais Ephemere. This year's guest theme takes a look at the artistic introspection of the pandemic through portraits and figuration.

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Festival reenacts everyday lives of the Vikings

The everyday life of the Vikings has been recreated at festival in the east of England. Participants had a go at battle reenactments, tool making, cooking and music - turning history books into reality.

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Valencia celebrates Las Fallas festival for first time since pandemic

The annual Las Fallas festival, held in Valencia for the first time since the pandemic put the tradition on hold, ends with the burning of statues -- called "fallas", and fireworks.

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Denmark celebrates the end of COVID-19 restrictions with flower festival at Tivoli park

Tivoli being the second oldest amusement park in the world was during covid a place to go outside. It is the first time in the 178 year old history of Tivoli, that Tivolis new CEO Susanne Mørch Koch, opens an official Garden & Flower Festival

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Serbian director Stefan Arsenijevic takes top prize at Czechia’s Karlovy Vary film festival

Serbian film director Stefan Arsenijevic won the Crystal Globe in the main competition with “As far As I Can Walk”, or "Strahinja" in the original version, an epic film about migration and love.

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Colombians enjoy the Silleteros parade during the Flowers festival in Medellin

Colombians attend the Silleteros parade in the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin

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Georgia’s bizarre festival of boulder tossing is called Kvirikoba

A look at religious rituals and some bizarre sporting traditions in Georgia's Svaneti region.

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Bolivia: Dogs blessed on San Roque's feast day

People in Bolivia on Monday celebrated St Roch's Day, honouring the patron saint of dogs. Saint Roch was born in France around 1295. According to tradition, his life was saved by a dog which brought him food when he contracted the plague.

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Elvis Presley fans celebrate in German city where he lived

Every year, the German town of Bad Nauheim, where Elvis Presley lived during his military service, hosts a festival dedicated to the King that brings together thousands of fans, most of them dressed in 1950s fashion.

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Event celebrates legacy of Kyrgyzstan's ancestors

The role of women past and present is being highlighted at a Kyrgyzstan festival. The annual 'Altar Izi' gathering in the picturesque mountains of the Jyrgalan Valley celebrates the legacy of Kyrgyzstan's ancestors.

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Avatars and free shows: Democratising dance at Lyon’s Dance Biennale

Don’t know much about contemporary dance? The Lyon Biennale makes it easy, accessible and fun with the Fagor Experience.

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Hungary: Mud flies at Babod Off-Road Festival

Hungary's Babod Off-Road Festival delivered pure fun for all petrolheads, countrymen and countrywomen, city dwellers, locals, and foreign visitors.

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Europe takes centre stage at Cartoon Xira 2021

Portugal's iconic Cartoon Xira opens its doors until the 29th of August with satirical and comical drawings depicting current events, like the pandemic, the European Union, Trump and more.

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Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Passover

Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Passover

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Dutch experiment could lead to return of big events

The Dutch government wants to investigate whether large events, like music festivals and concerts, can be held safely with proof of a negative COVID-19 test result using a new phone app.

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Giant castle burned at end-of-winter festival in Russia

The wooden effigy was a symbol of the coronavirus and stood 24 metres tall before being burned.

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Millions take sacred dip during India's Magh Mela bathing festival

They bathe at Sangam, the sacred confluence of the rivers, on certain days considered to be auspicious in the belief they will be cleansed of all sins.

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Japan: Frozen fun in Shikaoi ice village as winter festival kicks off

The annual winter festival on Lake Shikaribetsu in the town of Shikaoi kicked off on Friday.

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Nurse wins prize to watch films for a week on a remote Swedish island

An emergency room nurse in Sweden has won a prize to watch films for a week alone in a lighthouse on a remote island.