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World Nomad Games: creating cultural connections

Cholpon-Ata, a city in the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, is host to the Second World Nomad Games, with athletes from over forty countries.

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El Salvador: fireballs battle with the devil

Locals in the town of Nejapa in El Salvador have gathered, to hurl fireballs at one another in honour of a huge volcanic eruption in 1922 which forced all of the residents to abandon the…

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Spain: Tomatina festival

Over 20,000 revelers hurled 150,000 kilos of ripe tomatoes at each other in the ‘Tomatina’ festival held every year on the third Wednesday of August in the Spanish town of Buñol, 38 kilometres west of

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UK: Getting a soccer soaking

Crowds gathering on the banks of the Windrush for the annual 30-minute splashabout in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, are being warned to wear waterproofs or risk getting…

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Tilla-Kori Madrassah

Once a place of Islamic learning, this magestic madrassah in Samarkand dates back to the 1600s

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Bolivia: priest blesses animals with holy water

Hundreds of dog owners have had their pets blessed in the Bolivian city of El Alto as part of Saint Roch’s Day – named after the patron saint of dogs.

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Bolivia: believers of the Virgin of Urkupina break rocks to ask for favours during a religious procession

Bolivian believers gathered on the outskirts of the capital La Paz on Monday (August 15) to take part in an annual religious celebration, that includes the breaking of river rocks to ask the Virgin of

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Italy: last-minute preps for Siena's famous Palio race

Thousands of local residents and tourists have gathered in the Tuscan city of Siena to watch the Palio – one of the oldest Italian bareback horse races.

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Italy: Donkey jockeys make ass of themselves

Hundreds of tourists have gathered to watch a traditional donkey race.

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European digital database aims to keep cultural traditions alive

What will come – as time goes on – of traditional dance, folk music, of the cultures of the people?

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Takeaway: saving the intangible cultural heritage

How to preserve cultural intangible heritage?

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Lantern festival in Japan

The Kanto Festival, one of the largest summer festivals in northeastern Japan, has started in Akita City, featuring long bamboo poles decorated with lanterns.

Brazil

Olympic torch arrives in Rio de Janeiro

The Olympic torch has arrived in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Games having been carried through more than 300 cities by over 12,000 individuals, including athletes and celebrities.

Spain

360° video: last hours of Pamplona's San Fermin festival

Thousands of runners travel from all over the world to Pamplona, Spain, for the San Fermín festival, held annually from July 6 to July 14.

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Magnificent Matsuri

One of Japan’s biggest and oldest events, the month-long Gion Matsuri summer festival is in full swing in Kyoto.

Spain

One of Spain's top bullfighters is gored to death live on TV

Top matador Victor Barrio was pierced in the chest live on TV and in front of hundreds of spectators, including his wife, at a tournament in the eastern region of Aragon.

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Spain: four injured in fourth San Fermin bull-run

Four runners were gored in the fourth bull-run of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival in northern Spain.

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Spanish matador Barrio killed by bull

In Spain, Matador Victor Barrio has died after being gored by a bull during a fight.

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One man gored to death in Spanish bull running festival

A Spaniard died and two other men, including a Japanese, were gored in bull-runs in Spain on Saturday, as the San Fermin festival in the northern town of Pamplona entered its third…

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Wife carrying world championship in Finland

This year some 50 couples from 12 countries took part in the race in Sonkajärvi, Finalnd, a small town of 4600 inhabitants.