#world culture festival

[musiqjukebox]

The World Culture Festival here in DC was beautiful 😍

[clear-givings-market]

Trendy Anklets for Women in World Culture Festival Amidst the myriad hues and sounds at the World Culture Festival, trendy anklets stand out, not by overpowering but by gently harmonizing with their surroundings. At any festival, amidst the riot of colors and symphony of sounds, let your sterling silver anklets be a whisper of your individuality.

[marsuro]

Wordtober day 12: Taa (Swahili)

Lights/lanterns! Zoro getting lost on his bday in Utrecht while it’s St. Maarten

[destinyc1020]

Woo hoo!!! Award for Tom in "Last Call"! That's awesome! 😁

Awesome for Harry as well! 👏🏾

[polling-sonic-fans]

Thanks for the anonymously submitted poll!

Polls for the Sonic fandom on just about anything. Share polls you like to get more data. Asks and submissions always open.

[regicidal-defenestration]

Easy to forget the EDAs are fanfiction that got published but don't fear, The Scarlet Empress is here to remind you

[useless-catalanfacts]

People from Berga (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia) jump and sing to celebrate the beginning of their city's most beloved festivities: the Patum.

Held annually on the week of Corpus Christi, the oldest written document that talks about Berga's Patum dates from the year 1454. The celebration is based on the same elements as other Catalan traditional festivities called festes majors, which include tradicional dance, music, "giants" figures, bestiary, and demons fire dances.

Video by Nació Digital.

[lieutenant-amuel]

It feels like people really forget sometimes that Shuriki has been ruling for 41 years, there are two generations that have grown up under her and have no idea what life looked like before she came

[mbti-enemies]

if MBTIs were holidays, which ones would they be?

Christmas:

INFP, INFJ, ENFJ

Summer holidays (cos they deserve a category):

ESTP, ENFP, ESFJ, ISTP

Halloweeeen:

INTP, ISFP, ENTJ

Easter:

ESTJ, ISFJ, ISTJ

New year's:

INTJ, ESFP

ENTP'S Birthday:

ENTP

(JOKES i would probs put entp into halloween)

[clear-givings-market]

Explore the Culinary Diversity with Meat Cleaver in World Culture Festival

End your festival journey with an eco-friendly shopping spree at Clear Givings Market. Every purchase ensures sustainability, from the wooden salad bowl to the ethically sourced meat cleaver.

[meikostan]

this is kind of extremely terrifying

[barbielore]

I will be very honest that I do not know much about the holiday of Diwali, but I have seen a handful of signs locally for celebrations occurring on November 12. I am given to understand that it is a light festival though this is approximately the limit of my knowledge.

In 2006, as a part of the Festivals of the World series, Mattel released a Barbie to represent Diwali.

The Festivals of the World collection was a bit of a strange one, as there are some tonal differences between different festivals represented in the collection. For example, on the back of the box you can see Diwali being displayed alongside Kwanzaa and Oktoberfest.

This was not the first time that Mattel explored this area. I have found multiple articles referring to Mattel creating a Diwali doll in 1998 as part of an attempt to expand the Barbie line into India; I haven't been able to find this doll specifically, but there are a number of Barbie in India and Expressions of India dolls from around this era.

The articles linked above are critical of Mattel for showcasing a stereotypical and at times inaccurate/disrespectful display of Indian culture, including the claim that the 1998 Diwali Barbie I can't find had blue eyes.

Of course, there's no way to know if Mattel were earnestly trying to showcase diversity and falling short, or if they were just trying to market to a new audience. We can make our assumptions, but we don't necessarily know for sure.

If anyone who has more knowledge and understanding of this area I would really appreciate their input. My apologies if any of the above is controversial or incorrect; please correct me if so.

[optimalmastery]

Beyond Samhain: Global Traditions to Honor the Dead

Samhain, celebrated at the end of October in the Northern Hemisphere, is a sacred festival for many Pagans and witches. It marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year. It’s considered a time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. Therefore, this Sabbat provides the opportunity to honor ancestors, remember…

[narraboths]

The U500 festival is our statement for the independent culture in Hungary. In 2024, members of the independent cultural field of Hungary will come together for the fifth time to create the Under500 festival. As the result of the uncertainty caused by the epidemic situation, the goal of the grassroots festival, in addition to building community and strengthening visibility, is to provide a platform to which everyone has equal access: for emerging artists as well as well-known creators and choreographers or underground groups. Over the past four years, the festival has become a platform for cross-genre productions, focusing on experimentation and the search for connections. This year, the creative community is facing a sad but not at all unexpected challenge, as Under500 was left without funding. The number of resources that can be spent on culture is rapidly decreasing in Hungary, as well as the possibilities of the independent scene; we are dancing on the edge of extinction. In view of this, Artus is making the venue available to us for free this year, and the artists who have so far indicated their intention to participate have agreed to perform without a fee. With our fundraising campaign, we now want to collect the minimum amount that is absolutely necessary for the realization of the festival. We trust that the festival, which has always been able to renew itself, will now find new ways, as it has become perhaps the most important professional unifying force. For now, we are working tirelessly to see what direction the Under500 will take in 2024, we will not let it dissipate, it will happen this year as well, even if we don’t see how to pay the necessary costs. Support us if you can, and come and be a part of this professional event which is based on friendship, and how we unwaveringly try to expand the ever-shrinking spaces, while looking for points of connection with each other and with you.

[dimocratischris]

Festival Origins: The Truth Behind Celebrations

Introduction: Exploring the Origins of Popular Celebrations The focus phrase “Festival Origins” raises an intriguing question: Are these beloved holidays genuinely Christian, or do their roots lie elsewhere? Celebrated across the globe, these holidays bring joy, festivity, and, in some cases, controversy. In this article, we unravel their histories, revealing their often pagan and secular…

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People from Vilanova i la Geltrú (Penedès, Catalonia) celebrating their city’s festa major (local festivity). Each town and city has their own festes majors, set on a different day depending on their patron saints. Festes majors are one of the biggest festivities among Catalan traditions, which are celebrated with traditional dance and music. Though there are festes majors throughout the year, most of them are in summer.

Photos by Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú on Flickr.