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“A Chiena” water festival

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Burning Man 2015: what we are missing, and how we can catch up

No, we are not at Burning Man, and if you’re reading this then you probably aren’t either as there’s virtually no mobile network or Internet at Black

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The Apollonia Festival of Arts in the city of Sozopol is hailed as the most important cultural event in Bulgaria. Every August artists from all

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Hindus launch Kumbh Festival with mass bathing

Millions of Hindus have plunged into the Godavari River in the west of India to celebrate the first bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival in a

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Hungary's Sziget festival final day underway in Budapest

The final performances at Hungary’s Sziget festival will take place on Sunday night (August 16). Over the last seven days the international music

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High spirits as Hungary hosts one of Europe's biggest festivals

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Fans gather Budapest's Island of Freedom for 23rd Sziget Festival

The 23rd Sziget Festival kicked off on Sunday in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Since its birth in 1993 it has become one of the most popular

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Sziget 2015 - all the latest from the festival!

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Nebuta Festival kicks off in Japan

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European Youth Olympic Festival - day three

Georgia’s Robinzon Beglarishvili thrilled the partizan crowd on Wednesday when he won the – 60kg judo title at the European Youth Olympic Festival in

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Red-hot bargain: 'Blood for discount' tickets at Transylvania festival

Blood donors are being offered discounts on tickets to a music festival in Transylvania, in a move that would make Count Dracula himself proud. The

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Samurai parade in Japan

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Paleo festival in Switzerland

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Europe's young Olympic hopefuls compete in Tbilisi

The Olympic flame in the centre of the Georgian capital Tbilisi welcomes young athletes from all over Europe to compete in the European Youth Olympic

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Playing in a plastic sea in Washington D.C.

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Quiet 'Cannonball' - Damien Rice overwhelms Lyon crowd

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'The Last Supper' - Egypt's upper class amid social upheaval

“The Last Supper,” directed by Egyptian Ahmed El Attar, depicts a society that fails to get rid of a tyranical figure – and all forms of despotism

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Filthy fun for mud-lovers in South Korea

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India: Two dead in stampede at Hindu religious festival

A stampede at a chariot festival in the eastern Indian town of Puri has left at least two people dead and 15 others injured. Police struggled to