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What is the UNFINISHED Festival and how can you be part of it?

The programme takes place over 8 days. Starting on Sunday October 24th, the festival is designed to accompany participants until Sunday October 31st, interweaving their routine with a carefully curated mix of on-demand content, live events, and connected experiences.

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Opening of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco)

Opening of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco)

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Spanish city of Merida hosts festival to rekindle with its Roman-past

Every year, Mérida re-enacts its Roman past by holding Emerita Lvdica, an event in which the city goes back to the 1st century AD, when the Romans lived in the city.

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Hundreds of hot air balloons light up the sky at the world’s largest festival

Hot air balloons returned to the New Mexico skyline last week at the 49th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

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Could learning chess in school help us in our moves through life?

A new program devised by female chess superstar Judit Polgá hopes to inspire a more unique approach to educational systems.

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New York Comic Con is back for its first in-person event since 2019

New York Comic Con has returned following a virtual event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fans were back Friday (08 OCT. 2021) at the Jacob Javits Center for the comic book culture festival.

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The colourful stage is set for 9 nights of celebration across India

Starting tonight, over 1 billion people will begin celebrations for Navaratri, one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar.

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Oktoberfest cancelled again: A look back at the 2019 beer festival

For the second year in a row, the world’s largest folk festival has been cancelled due to health concerns.

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Watch back: St. Petersburg is in full bloom for Festival of Flowers

In partnership with Committee for Tourism Development of Saint Petersburg

This year the St. Petersburg Festival of Flowers draws its inspiration from the UEFA European Football Championship.

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Festival of Lights: See Berlin's famous landmarks in a new light

The 17th annual Berlin Festival of Lights returned to the German capital earlier this month, transforming the city into a glowing stage.

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Viareggio carnival returns after COVID delay

One of Italy's most popular parades, 'The Viareggio Carnival' has returned to the city after being postponed due to COVID-19. Tackling themes including the pandemic, the floats this year point to issues such as deforestation in Brazil and racial injustice in the US

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Art Paris 2021 shows the artistic introspection of the pandemic

Art Paris 2021 is open to the public and to art professionals from the 9th of September until the 12th in the Grand Palais Ephemere. This year's guest theme takes a look at the artistic introspection of the pandemic through portraits and figuration.

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Festival reenacts everyday lives of the Vikings

The everyday life of the Vikings has been recreated at festival in the east of England. Participants had a go at battle reenactments, tool making, cooking and music - turning history books into reality.

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Valencia celebrates Las Fallas festival for first time since pandemic

The annual Las Fallas festival, held in Valencia for the first time since the pandemic put the tradition on hold, ends with the burning of statues -- called "fallas", and fireworks.

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Denmark celebrates the end of COVID-19 restrictions with flower festival at Tivoli park

Tivoli being the second oldest amusement park in the world was during covid a place to go outside. It is the first time in the 178 year old history of Tivoli, that Tivolis new CEO Susanne Mørch Koch, opens an official Garden & Flower Festival

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Serbian director Stefan Arsenijevic takes top prize at Czechia’s Karlovy Vary film festival

Serbian film director Stefan Arsenijevic won the Crystal Globe in the main competition with “As far As I Can Walk”, or "Strahinja" in the original version, an epic film about migration and love.

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Colombians enjoy the Silleteros parade during the Flowers festival in Medellin

Colombians attend the Silleteros parade in the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin

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Georgia’s bizarre festival of boulder tossing is called Kvirikoba

A look at religious rituals and some bizarre sporting traditions in Georgia's Svaneti region.

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Bolivia: Dogs blessed on San Roque's feast day

People in Bolivia on Monday celebrated St Roch's Day, honouring the patron saint of dogs. Saint Roch was born in France around 1295. According to tradition, his life was saved by a dog which brought him food when he contracted the plague.

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Elvis Presley fans celebrate in German city where he lived

Every year, the German town of Bad Nauheim, where Elvis Presley lived during his military service, hosts a festival dedicated to the King that brings together thousands of fans, most of them dressed in 1950s fashion.