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Riverboat piligrimage heralds arrival of spring in western Japan

The journey along Kumano-gawa River echoes pilgrimages of emperors and samurais.

02/03/2019

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Mardi Gras, Australian style

More than 300,000 revellers on Saturday descended onto Sydney's iconic Oxford Street for the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

02/03/2019

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Basque carnival starts

Hundreds of people are flocking to the Basque Country in Spain for the annual carnival

01/03/2019

Germany

Watch: Cologne carnival kicks off 6 days of uninterrupted partying

Cologne carnival kicks off 6 days of uninterrupted partying

28/02/2019

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Buddhist parade brings in the crowds in Sri Lanka's capital

Drummers, traditional dancers and decorated elephants took part in the event.

19/02/2019

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Lanterns light up sky of ancient Chinese city

Thousands of lanterns illuminated the skies of China's ancient city of Kaifeng on Monday, as it held the International Lantern Festival amid Lunar New Year celebrations.

12/02/2019

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Sharjah and its spellbinding Light Festival

In partnership with Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority

From worldclass pyrotechnics to fairytale characters parading along a lagoon, Euronews discovers a host of spellbinding spectacles during the 9th edition of the Sharjah Light Festival.

11/02/2019

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Thousands line streets of Viareggio to see satirical floats

Thousands of people lined the streets of Viareggio on Saturday to watch a parade of satirical floats as part of the Italian city's annual carnival.

10/02/2019

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Estonia holds annual sauna marathon

The rules of the game are simple: teams are giving a map of all the participating saunas and have to spend at least three minutes in each one as well as nominate a team-member to jump into an ice hole at each stop

05/02/2019

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Festival lights up Danish capital Copenhagen

In one of the darkest months of the year, the 24-day Copenhagen Light Festival aims to brighten up the mood in the Danish capital.

04/02/2019

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The annual Sapporo snow festival kicks off

Visitors are flocking to the city of Sapporo on Japan`s northern island of Hokkaido to see snow and ice sculptures as the annual snow festival kicks off.

04/02/2019

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Chinese revellers welcome Spring Festival with charcoal-spinning

Fire dancers in China's northern city of Taiyuan wowed crowds with their traditional charcoal-spinning performances.

02/02/2019

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Pernik celebrates the 28th Surva festival

Every winter, folklore groups from across Bulgaria take part in the two-day Surva festival in the city of Pernik.

28/01/2019

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From pariah to demi-god: transgender leader a star at Indian festival

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, an Indian transgender activist and a former reality TV star, is busy blessing a constant stream of pilgrims at India's Kumbh Mela, a huge religious festival at the confluence of the holy Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

20/01/2019

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Horses jump bonfires at Spanish festival's 'purification ceremony'

Over a hundred horses jumped through bonfires in a "purification ceremony" on Wednesday during the Spanish festival of "Las Luminarias" in a village northwest of Madrid.

17/01/2019

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Members of India's transgender community take first Kumbh Mela swim

For decades Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has fought India's conservative laws and beliefs to bring the transgender community equal with the rest of society, and now she has notched up a new milestone.

16/01/2019

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Artists carve icy masterpieces for contest at Harbin ice festival

Frosty castles spiral up into the sunlight as sculptors create magical images from blocks of ice.

07/01/2019

Cult

Baku celebrates 5th International Theatre Conference

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Theatre experts from across the world gather in Azerbaijan's capital to share knowledge and enjoy a rich programme of music, art and performance.

13/11/2018

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Wooden boat set alight in Taiwan to ward off bad luck, disease

More than 90 volunteers from the seaside township of Donggang helped to build the intricately-decorated boat over the course of three months.

04/11/2018

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Zombies stagger through streets of Sao Paulo in annual parade

Hundreds of zombies staggered through the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil on Friday for the city’s annual zombie walk.

03/11/2018