#European Festivals

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The Carnival of Questions

Today, I walked for hours through the Carnival Parade “Rosenmontag” in Düsseldorf. The city was alive with music, laughter, and thousands of people dressed in every costume imaginable. This celebration gives people a chance to escape routine, forget their worries, and step into a world of make-believe. Among the sea of extravagant outfits, one stood out to me—a simple pink costume with a red…

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Short Gateway Ideas in Europe for Summer - Autumn 2024

Hi guys! How are you enjoying these scorching summer days? I hope you’re finding fun ways to beat the heat. As we embrace the peak of the summer season, beaches are bustling with people savoring the seaside, sipping on cocktails, indulging in seafood, and wishing their holidays would never end. Stay cool, my friends! Returning from vacation doesn’t have to mean the end of your holiday spirit. For…

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Europe Festivals

If you missed Oktoberfest… Catch Europe’s upcoming festivals Need a quick getaway? Check out this month’s top events featuring local eats, spectacular light-ups, and lots of live entertainment below. Oct 6–15: Festival of Lights Berlin, Germany Watch the city sparkle as 49 iconic landmarks transform into enchanting technicolored light-ups at night. Oct 13–14: Geneva Beer Festival Geneva,…

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Happy Kazuhira Miller died a lonely and meaningless death day to all who celebrate 🙃

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The Festival

Artist: Sir Edward John Poynter (British, 1836–1919)

Date: 1875

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

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The Priestess of Bacchus by John Collier

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Slavs and Vikings Festival in Wolin, Poland

The Slavs and Vikings Festival is one of the largest early-medieval events in the world. There are archery and spear-throwing competitions, games and contests for kids, craft-making presentations demonstrating how jewelry, coins, horns, and amber were created, live music, readings, and much more.

Wolin is a town located on Poland’s largest island (of the same name) on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It's a City of History, whose glory days date back to 1000 years ago. In the early Middle Ages, it was one of the largest and most powerful cities in this part of Europe, and ranked among the most important ports of the Baltic Sea. Wolin is considered to have been the gateway through which Scandinavians traveled southwards from the Baltic Sea to inland Piast state.

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When you're being given an award but HE'S giving the award.

📸 Isa Foltin (February 2016)

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summer harvey sketch, not sure how far i plan on taking it but it can stay here for now lol

i spent all this time drawing his body and fat rolls, just to cover up 90% of it with his shirt...sigh

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Karel Vítězslav Mašek (Czech, 1865-1927) Festival of Spring, Detail, 1889 National Gallery Prague

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❀ 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕) ❀

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“Kukeri Tradition”. Rila, Bulgaria – Ivo Danchev

Every winter, masked dancers, dressed up in goat skins perform pagan rituals. The masks allow the dancer to become a supernatural being and to enter the spirit world where he chases away the evil spirits of the old year and brings blessings and health to the new year. it is an ages-old tradition which is still well preserved around Bulgaria. There are more than 10,000 kukeri organized in small groups around Bulgaria. © Ivo Danchev

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y'all i had a good day after weeks 💌

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Lucy Dacus & Phoebe Bridgers during Salt in the wound / Connect Festival - Edinburgh / August 27, 2023

Video by Jack Alex Willison

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Los Zancos (The Stilts)

Artist: Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Date: 1791-1792

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

Two young men on high stilts head toward a window out of which a young woman leans. They are accompanied by two other young men on foot, playing the dulzaina. Groups of men wrapped in their capes and with broad-brimmed hats completely covering their faces, as well as women and children, contemplate the festive scene. As in many other works from this period, a simple, everyday subject contrasts with a deeper theme. Here, the stiltwalkers' effort to avoid falling and their gallantry with the lady in the window are a means of denouncing the struggle to survive that period's difficult social conditions. This cartoon was for one of the tapestries intended for Carlos IV's office at El Escorial .

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