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Portugal

Watch: Puppets take over Lisbon for FIMFA festival

The International Festival of Puppets and Animated Forms has returned for its 19th year. Artists from Denmark to Mozambique, Iran to France, will show works on themes of identity and freedom.

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Japanese enjoy Kanda Matsuri festival in Tokyo

People dressed in period costumes took part in one of the three largest festivals in Tokyo on Saturday.

Mexico

Watch: Mexico City neighbourhood re-enacts victory for Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo has evolved over the decades and today stands as a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism.

Spain

Watch: Running of the Wine fiesta pays homage to local legend

The village was under seige and the water supply poisoned so Christian knights came to the rescue with flagons of wine tied to horses.

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World

Artists tackle social issues at Sharjah Biennial

The 14th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, which runs until June 10, is made up of paintings and sculptures dotted across customised sites throughout the emirate.

Cult

Bullfighting, Brexit and Bolsonaro at Portuguese Cartoon Xira exhibit

As Portugal’s bullfighting tradition is stirring a tense debate in the country. The annual Cartoon Xira presented an exhibition of the Argentinian cartoonist Marlene Pohle's unpublished drawings.

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Coulourful elephants spray water as Thailand toasts its new year

The animals showed no mercy as they slurped up water and sprayed children and adults alike to help them cool off.

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Pakistan

Watch: 500,000 gather for interfaith Festival of Lights in Lahore

Devotees visit the shrine of poet and saint Madho Lal Hussain to have their prayers answered. The festival celebrates the Muslim poet's love for a Hindu boy, and with it interfaith harmony.

Green News

A new eco-friendly one-day festival is happening this month in London

Find out more about pebblefest, the first event by sustainable lifestyle platform pebble.

World

Flamenco legend Sara Baras performs to a sell-out crowd in Abu Dhabi

Sara Baras brought her show “Sombras” to the United Arab Emirates, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of her company.

World

How is traditional dance being revitalised in the UAE?

Folkloric dance is an important part of Middle Eastern identity, but dancers in the United Arab Emirates are adding a modern twist to their performances. The Sima Dance Company has been established in Dubai since 2014 and merges cultural dances, like Dabke and Sufi, with contemporary steps.

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Dubai's dynamic food scene sampled in Euronews' Taste

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We sample some of the culinary delights at the Dubai Food Festival, meet two critically-acclaimed British chefs and dine with the former chief of the Michelin Guide.

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Thousands celebrate Indian festival of Holi

Thousands of people from all over the world on Thursday smeared each other with colours during the Indian festival of Holi.

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Mexico's spring equinox celebrated at ancient site

Hundreds of tourists and local residents, many dressed in white, climbed the towering Pyramid of the Sun on Thursday to celebrate the Spring Equinox.

Iraq

Watch: Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz with torchlit mountain procession

Nowruz symbolises the passing of the dark season and the arrival of the season of light, but has also come to stand for Kurdish hopes for freedom and self-rule.

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Spain's "Fallas" festival ends with burning of giant ninots

Fireworks and flames took over central Valencia on Tuesday (March 19) as locals and thousands of tourists celebrated the end of a four-day festival with the burning of over 380 ornate and colourful monuments made up of giant figures known as ninots, in the "Crema de Fallas" (burning of the fallas).

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Watch: Thousands gather for burning of ninots at Fallas festival

Each neighbourhood in the city spends a year building the ornate monuments, only to set them alight and begin again.

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German carnival strongholds of Duesseldorf, Cologne celebrate Rose Monday

Revellers braved rain and wind to celebrate Rose Monday in the German carnival strongholds of Cologne and Duesseldorf on Monday using comedy to shine a light on political issues that have dominated the news over the last year.