winter

30 September 2015

Water Festival, in Cambodia for the end of the rainy season

PP, Cambodia

There is no better time to visit Cambodia and its capital Phnom Penh than the thousand year old Bon Om Tuk or Water Festival. It is held between October and November during the phase of the full moon at the beginning of the dry season when the River Sap, which flows into the Mekong River […]

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Italian Carnivals from Ivrea to Basilicata

Ivrea, Italy

The Historical Carnival of Ivrea and the war of the oranges In Ivrea you can witness a full scale three day battle fought with oranges through the streets of the town by people dressed in the Parisian “sans-culottes” fashion. But the throwing of oranges is only one of the traditional events in the Historical Carnival […]

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Shanties, in Krakow – seeking out the sense of the sea

Kraków, Poland

There’s a Polish proverb which says “better to call inn-keepers on earth than saints in the sea”. Holy words it would seem. True words if spoken by a sailor. And if the sailor is Polish, they have the weight of a sentence. That’s because Poland and the sea have always gone together, like two lovers […]

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The Venice Carnival, seduction by the lagoon

Venice, Italy

Along the streets, over the bridges and in the squares there roam a multitude of mysterious and fascinatingly disturbing masks and costumes, hiding identities and secret thoughts. Once a year, Venice is cloaked in mystery and seduction, but also century old traditions which can be revisited in the various events organised during one of the […]

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1 October 2015

Junkanoo, in the Bahamas for the most colourful anthem to life

Nassau, Bahamas

A parade with thousands of people divided by costume and scenic background. Multicoloured scenery in sponge and papier-mâché with precious materials like silk and sequins. It is all accompanied – from two at night until ten in the morning – by a harmonious background music with goatskin drums, whistles and cowbells. Acrobatic “Rush outs” by […]

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La Sartiglia in Sardinia and timeless emotion

Oristano, Italy

There are so many images that Sardinia evokes in all who have had the opportunity and the privilege to go there and taste the flavours. As many as only an age old land, which has stood still in time and space, can give. To think of Sardinia, in fact, is to think of a mine […]

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Catania, la festa di Sant’Agata and an anthem to resilience

Catania, Italy

For five centuries, three days a year, the devout and the curious have turned out in the streets of Catania which are illuminated with the vertiginous “cannelore”, candles several metres tall. All around the crowds wave white handkerchiefs to the shout of “Citizens, citizens, we’re all devout”. The Festival of Saint Agatha is one of […]

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Mamoiada Carneval, the Mamuthones and age old Sardinia

Mamoiada, Italy

Mamoiada is well away from the beaches and their Polinesian style waters. It is closer to the old world of ancient rites that are closely tied to the world of the shepherds. The men dress in masks and costumes with heavy sheep bells on their shoulders. The sound shakes you up inside, especially when they […]

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Ice Music Festival, Norway and the magic of the ice

Geilo, Norway

Just one day at the Ice Music Festival in Geilo in Norway is an extra day in our life. Yes, because here, all the instruments played are made of ice and the atmosphere this creates in the frozen grottos of the festival mean each night is out of time with any week, month or canonical […]

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13 October 2015

Lanterns light up the night sky in Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

Every year, the small town of Pingxi, nestling between green mountains and hour from Taipei, fills with beauty and poetry for the end of the Chinese New Year. The fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar-solar calendar is celebrated in this Taiwanese town with the Sky Lantern Festival visited by hundreds of […]

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