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This years' festival ( 2000 )invites 32 theater troupes (22 French, 3 African, 2 Dutch and 4 Israelis), covering 30 different artistic projects, including 23 ?creations? (recent productions), and 8 coproductions with Chalon-sur-Sa?ne "Abattoir", which is a creation and production site for "street art".

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Links to sites...Masked dances going on here..not all links works at the moment..Come back

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Lunar New Year Across America A Calendar of Celebrations

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The week before Chinese New Year, families work hard to clean the house thoroughly, careful to sweep out the evil spirits of the past year, yet also sweeping inward to make sure the family?s wealth is not swept away, as well. Finances are also cleaned up. All debts are paid to save face for the borrower and bring good fortune to all.

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In streaming rainbows of color, people wearing traditional Korean clothes (hanbok) burst onto streets. Even the most stoic, serious-minded Korean beams with joy. Koreans usher in the Lunar New Year (sul-nahl) in the bosom of their families. It is the day when people visit and honor the elders of the extended household. Younger family members bow repeatedly in deference to their elders, while the elders often give out envelopes containing gifts of money, that are then dutifully tucked away into small traditional purses.

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Ev'ry year in trinidad&tobago in london-nottinghill, in toronto, in brooklin... people meet to celebrate the caribbean carnival.

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Great site for exploring the wonderful German Mask / Fasnacht tradition. Many masks to be seen here.

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El Carnaval Dominicano es una de las tradiciones m?s coloridas y celebraciones m?s alegres de la Rep?blica Dominicana. En el mismo participa todo el pueblo, que se lanza a las calles a disfrutar, compartir y celebrar con alegr?a. Su mayor intensidad ocurre a finales del mes de febrero en su ?ltimo fin de semana, aunque dependiendo de la regi?n, se celebra todos los fines de semana del mes de febrero e incluso hasta inicios de marzo. Existen otras fechas particulares en las que algunas poblaciones celebran carnavales aislados, pero con la misma creatividad y entusiasmo mostrado en febrero por toda la naci?n. Pero es febrero el mes de Carnaval en la Rep?blica Dominicana y el j?bilo y la celebraci?n masiva en las calles y clubes sociales son el sello que distingue estas fechas.

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In English - updated version with fotos "The carnival festivities have strong roots in the Opatija region. Their origin is from the time when the key persons were the Zvon?ari, people who, at the beginning of February, dressed in skins of wild animal, wore colourful hats and had cowbells tied to their body. they would go out in the forests in groups to scare out the turkish soldiers, which dates the events to somewhere about 1511, when the last battle took place in this territory."

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Describing the hindu celebration

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+ VIDEO ( REALPLAYER) "For centuries, the people of Papua New Guinea have gathered for festivals. In the past, these gatherings have provided an opportunity for feasting, and for asking forgiveness for wrong-doing such as pig stealing. Today, the best known gatherings are held at Mount Hagen and Goroka."

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( Italian Version) Carnevale comincia il giorno di Sant' Antonio Abate. Un proverbio lucano, infatti, recita "a Sant'Antuon maschere e suon" il primo segnale dell'arrivo della festa pi? colorata e divertente dell'anno ? dato dal fuoco. In quasi tutti i centri lucani il Santo dei maiali, delle mucche, delle pecore e di tutti gli animali domestici viene ricordato con l'accensione di grandi fal?. I fuochi vengono accesi nelle piazze principali e soprattutto davanti alle chiese perch? vengono benedetti dal parroco.

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Dubarry (Porcelaine de Limoges) have produced a series of pill/trinket boxes based on the Masks produced for the Princes Trust by 500 celebrities and well known spokespeople from the worlds of art, music, theatre, film, politics, business and sport. Each celebrity was invited to decorate a clay mask. The results are a stunning collection of original designs. Pictured top right are three of the boxes from designs by Sting, Bette Midler and Mary Quant. The actual masks by Sting and Bette Midler are pictured

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Maskweb 2@@2 in perspective with the past, today and future. Carnival in Venice. Photo summery of Venice. Description of Commedia dell' arte. Making of masks yourself. History of the Venetian Carnival. Fabulous costumes beautiful photo's and plenty culture.

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The Philadelphia New Years Day Mummers Parade is a tradition of the city that dates back to pre-Colonial times, making it the oldest folk parade in the United States. The parade originates from a blend of Irish, Swedish, Finnish, English, German, and other European heritages. This great celebration of the new year takes place on the 1st of January, every year in Center City

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A Kim Myong Hee Project "My current work deals with using hand made paper to create life masks of people from all walks of life and all ages. These paper masks are then assembled into murals of varying shapes and sizes. The work is an attempt at finding the real human face beneath the many "faces" all of us use each day. The assembled murals demonstrate both the similarities and differences among people and yet move toward an expression of universal harmony that accentuates a certain shared spirit which dwells within us all." - Kim Myong Hee

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History - Street Masking Gallery and 360? virtual tour Balls Parades Gallery and a 360? virtual tour Courir Mardi Gras Gallery and a 360? virtual tour

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Dia de los Muertos, Oaxaca 2001 Day of the Dead Tour One of the most important holidays in Mexico is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, when those that have passed on to another life come back to visit their families. Dia de Los Muertos is actually a series of festivities lasting about a week and ending on November 2.

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Since opening in West Liberty, Owl Glass Puppetry Center has made a tradition of building giant puppets for the annual fair parade. Held on a Sunday afternoon in mid-July (usually the hottest day of the year!), the parade heralds the opening of the Muscatine County Fair and is followed by a community-wide picnic in the park. Everyone in town watches this classic Midwestern parade; everyone, that is, except for the many that participate by entering floats, horses, tractors, and....puppets!

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Fabulous traditional event in Europe each year.

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A Chinese proverb states that all creations are reborn on New Year?s day. The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change ... out with the old and in with the new!

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The inaugural Killarney SummerFest was deemed to be a huge success with a huge turnout at all of the events. Just some of the highlights were:

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Many nice photos and links to Knowledge of Peru

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There are several versions on the origin of the word "Carnival". In the Milanise dialect, Carnevale means "the time when the use of meat is taken away", since Carnival is precisely the night before Ash Wednesday. In Brazil, the event is the greatest popular cultural manifestation besides soccer. It is a mixture of fun, party and theater which involves art and folklore.

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The town of San Francisco celebrations are relatively young, if compared to Venezia or Rio de Janeiro, but nevertheless its energy it's there to make performers and public vibrate. Parade is always the 4th Sunday of May or Memorial Weekend (thus disconnected from the catholic traditions), the parade lasts one day only and begins at Bryant & 24th at 10am. Then it heads down the Mission Street to 15th where the parade dissolves in beer and more dancing. The show continues until 6pm. Of course the celebration goes on privately after hours, but that's another story

Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 950