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At Pukkelpop, people with disability are also part of festival crowd

The Flemish agency Inter works with roughly sixty festivals to make music and festivals accessible to all.

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Awa Odori festival continues with nightly so-odori performances

Hundreds of dancers are filling the streets of Tokushima this week as the Awa Odori festival’s full-scale outdoor performances take place across multiple venues in western Japan.

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Dance Days Chania: 72 hours of contemporary dance and art

This year's 15th anniversary event took place from 21 July to 2 August and included a rich programme with 21 performances, 12 seminars and workshops.

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WATCH: Philadelphia’s Franklin Square glows in annual lantern festival

Sea of lanterns is lighting up Philadelphia’s Franklin Square this summer as the Chinese Lantern Festival returns for its eighth year.

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Hop on the train to visit Japan’s world-famous fireworks festivals

One festival features the largest firework in the world, known as the ‘Yonshakudama’

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Hungary’s biggest festival of the year kicks off with 1,000 shows

New additions this year include a nightclub and several new stages, while the island’s beach has been closed due to high water levels on the Danube.

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Two fireworks boats catch fire during Yokohama festival

Two boats launching fireworks caught fire on Monday, during a summer festival in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, cancelling the event halfway.

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In Pictures: Sacred masks and dancing fill Benin’s capital

The mask festival in Benin's capital, Porto-Novo, blends sacred rituals and vivid performances to spotlight Vodun traditions and promotes the capital as a cultural hub.

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WATCH: Benin celebrates cultural heritage at Mask Festival

Thousands gathered in the Beninese capital for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a traditional event that celebrates ancestral spirits and cultural identity.

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Mexico City hosts festival celebrating 700 years of Tenochtitlan

Mexico City commemorated the 700th anniversary of its founding on Saturday with a series of public events and performances that celebrated its Indigenous heritage and historical roots.

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Inside Poland's Soviet-era festival that's now a thriving music hub

Jarocin festival in the 1980s was both a musical and socio-political phenomenon, offering a subversive voice for Polish youth during and after martial law. Nowadays. its popularity has soared as its become an enormous platform for underground and alternative music.

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Kapikaya Nature Sports and Culture Festival kicks off in Bafra, Türkiy

The 6th International Kapikaya Nature Sports and Culture Festival opened on Friday in the northern coastal city of Bafra, Turkiye, drawing outdoor enthusiasts from all over the country.

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Men race through Fukuoka with one-tonne floats at summer festival

In Fukuoka, southwest Japan, the centuries-old Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival came to a roaring finale on Tuesday as teams of men raced through city streets carrying one-tonne floats.

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Dance of the Dwarves returns to La Palma after a decade

After a ten-year absence, La Palma’s iconic Dance of the Dwarves returned this week as part of the Bajada de la Virgen de Las Nieves festival.

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WATCH: Locals wrestle wild horses in Spain's Rapa das Bestas festival

Every July, the tiny village of Sabucedo in north-western Spain becomes the stage for a centuries-old spectacle known as Rapa das Bestas, a fierce battle between man and horse.

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Spain's San Fermin kicks off with a chupinazo that looks to Palestine

The nine-day festival is famed for its “encierros,” or bull runs, which, starting on Monday, will see thousands of people sprint to avoid six bulls charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.

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Gion Matsuri: Inside one of Japan’s most storied festivals

Gion Matsuri is a bucket list experience for many visitors to the Japanese city.

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Fire, masks and folklore at Paraguay’s Kamba Ra’anga festival

Locals in Altos, Paraguay celebrated the Kamba Ra’anga festival on Monday with fire, dancing and traditional costumes.

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Pearl Jam remember Roskilde Festival tragedy 25 years on

On 30 June, 2000, nine young men lost their lives in front of Pearl Jam performing at Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Since then, safety measures at music festivals have changed forever.

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Over 2,000 join mud ritual in Philippines to pray for global peace

In northern Luzon, Philippines, over 2,000 devotees dressed in mud and banana leaves walked to a church praying for world peace, honoring a WWII miracle.