More images from the well and truly outstanding Yaouank festival in Rennes, Brittany, France (22 November 2014). Yaouank is the largest Fest Noz event in Brittany, and draws a crowd of between 7,000 and 8,000 people. Fest Noz (literally meaning ‘night festival’) is a traditional Breton dance festival or event, accompanied by traditional Breton music …
First images from the well and truly outstanding Yaouank Festival in Rennes, Brittany, France (22 November 2014). Yaouank is the largest Fest Noz event in Brittany, and draws a crowd of between 7,000 and 8,000 people. Fest Noz is a traditional Breton festival with traditional music, dance and song, and is inscribed on the UNESCO …
Diwali Festival, Trafalgar Square, London, UK (12 October 2014). Diwali is a five day annual festival celebrated in India and other countries around the world by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains – symbolizing a new beginning, the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil. The word Diwali means ‘row of lamps’, referring …
Lithuanian Song Celebration (Song and Dance Festival) 90th anniversary, Vilnius, Lithuania (6 July 2014). Pictured here, Song Day in Vingis Park, Vilnius – where massed choirs numbering some 12,000 people sing with one voice. Without any doubt, one of the most beautiful and moving things I’ve ever seen or heard. The Song Celebration in Vilnius …
Dancers prepare to go on stage at a folk festival in the village of Kuševac, near Đakovo, Slavonia, Croatia (June 2014). © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. Click here to license this image and for more photos of Slavonia. D700 + 50/1.4 Photo copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. This image may not be …