winter

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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