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Jack-in-the-Green

Jack-in-the-Green Festival, Hastings, Sussex, UK (5 May 2014). Jack-in-the-Green is a traditional May Day festival held on May Bank Holiday in England, originating several hundred years ago, in which a man covered in a tall conical green mass of foliage (‘Jack’) is paraded through the town – typically accompanied by much revelry (and beer) – …

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Cest is d’Best 17/2

Cest is d’Best, 17th International Street Festival in Zagreb, Croatia (6 June 2013) Canadian duo The LOL Brothers perform on Zagreb’s main square, Trg bana Jelacica (Jelacic Square) Felicity Footloose (left) and Leopard Man (right) Mr Qwirk performs on Trg bana Jelacica To license these images or view more images from Cest is d’Best, the …

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Cest is d’Best 17/1

Cest is d’Best, 17th International Street Festival in Zagreb, Croatia (5 June 2013) Argentinian street performer Tropeza Ritmika performs on Cvjetni trg Cia Plaf (left) and Tropeza Ritmika (right) Spanish street performers Cia Plaf after their show on Cvjetni trg To license these images or view more images from Cest is d’Best, the 17th International …

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Vaisakhi

The legendary Heera Group perform at the Vaisakhi Festival, Trafalgar Square, London, UK (5 May 2013). Vaisakhi is one of the most important days in the Sikh religion, and also marks the beginning of the New Year. Heera Group formed in 1980 and are one of the pioneers of British Bhangra music. To license this …

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La Linea Festival (2) – Buika

The outstanding flamenco singer Buika, performing at the Union Chapel in Islington, part of the La Linea Festival, London, UK (18 April 2013). The daughter of political refugees from Equatorial Guinea, Buika grew up in a gypsy neighbourhood in Majorca. Her album El Ultimo Trago won a Latin Grammy Award, her unforgettable, smoky voice featured …

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