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馃嚝馃嚪 FranceFest nozfest noz (pl. festo霉 noz)
A Breton night festival of group dancing and live acoustic music, kept in Brittany and its diaspora.Festival 路 Tea-time and snacking customs
馃嚜馃嚫 Seville, SpainSeville FairFeria de Abril de Sevilla
A week-long spring festival in Seville of carriage parades, marquee tents and dancingFestival 路 Dinner
馃嚥馃嚬 Valletta, MaltaMaltese Carnivalil-Karnival ta' Malta
A lively week of costumed parades, dancing, satirical floats and sweets across Malta.Festival 路 Sweets given and shared
馃嚟馃嚬 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHaitian CarnivalKanaval
Haiti's annual street festival of music, satirical plays and costumed paradesFestival 路 Tea-time and snacking customs
馃嚘馃嚬 Vienna, AustriaViennese coffee house cultureWiener Kaffeehauskultur
A Viennese social ritual where patrons linger for hours with a single coffee and newspapers.Etiquette 路 Tea-time and snacking customs
馃嚚馃嚘 Canada and 2 moreMummering
A festive midwinter custom of disguised visits, music and playful guessing gamesFestival 路 Tea-time and snacking customs
馃嚠馃嚤 Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreSimchat Beit HaShoeivah砖诪讞转 讘讬转 讛砖讜讗讘讛
Nightly music and dancing during the intermediate days of the festival of SukkotFestival 路 Tea-time and snacking customs
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Haitian Carnival: User:Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Seville Fair: Sevilla Congress & Convention Bureau, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Maltese Carnival: Ronny Siegel, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mummering: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_curtis/, CC0, source
- Fest noz: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Viennese coffee house culture: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, source
- Simchat Beit HaShoeivah: Unknown author, Public domain, source