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August 14, 2019 Cultural Heritage / featured / Folk Festival / Harvest / Pagan / Poland / Sacred / Traditions

Poland’s Ancient Harvest Custom Sown Through Generations

The harvest season was of utmost importance in agricultural customs throughout Europe. Although this crowning season of the entire year’s

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August 13, 2019 Cultural Heritage / Europe / Folk Festival / Harvest / Pagan

Harvest Days

In many ways we’ve lost the art of merry-making. Fragments have passed down to us as dim reflections within our

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August 7, 2019 Cultural Heritage / Dancing / England / Europe / Folk Festival / Folklore / History / Pagan / Traditions

Britain’s Oldest Folk Dance: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

BY MELISSA RENAY The obscurity of a ritual in no way makes it less meaningful. In fact, the survival of

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August 5, 2019 Folk Festival / Spain / Traditions

Celebrating The Traditional Grape Harvest At La Verema Wine Festival in Spain

Every year in Barcelona, Spain, a fun-filled festival arrives in October known as the Sitges Wine Festival or as the

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July 31, 2019 Cultural Heritage / Europe / Folk Festival

Lammastide: A Harvest Festival

BY MELISSA RENAY Celebrating the harvest is a tradition held throughout many cultures. Usually during the time period between August

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July 25, 2019 featured / Folk Festival / Folklore / Pagan / Sardinia

Ancient Sardinian Cultural Tradition: Mamuthones, Where Monsters Roam The Streets (Festively!)

BY HANNAH HORN A lot of our cultures are built off of ancient pagan rituals presented in different religions dating back to more

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July 24, 2019 Cultural Heritage / Europe / featured / Folk Festival / Spain

La Tomatina: Spain’s Biggest Food Fight

BY: HANNAH HORN Since 1945, every last Wednesday of August buzzes with excitement as Buñol, an extraordinary Valencia region in

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July 16, 2019 Estonia / Folk Festival / Folklore / Traditional Music / Traditions

July Folk Music Festival: Viljandi, Estonia

by HANNAH HORN With a theme of “sounds good” or paraphrased as “a story behind the tune,” the 2019 Viljandi Folk Music Festival will

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