Community Festivals

With the advent of indoor plumbing, traditional outhouses suffered a tragic fate: They were mounted on skis and pushed down a hill - welcome to the wacky world of outhouse racing

Each year from the last week in June through the Fourth of July, the hills around the little college town of Kutztown, Pennsylvania ring out with the sounds of old-time putt-putt farm engines and the oom-pa-pa of brass bands. The air fills with the oily aroma of funnel cakes and the baked goodness of homemade bread and apple dumplings. It's time for the annual Kutztown Folk Festival and everyone's "a-coming."

Quebec is a city made for getting lost, where wandering the streets is a pastime, and during Summer Festival there is no telling what performance you may encounter just by rambling

The whole Latin world celebrates carnival during this time, and Galicia is no different. Different areas celebrate in different ways, all with their own trademark. One such trademark is the orgy of flour throwing which engulfs the town of Viana do Bolo, in Ourense, every year.

Hussein's Grandfather drew a nine inch blade from his boot and pulling back the chin with one hand, made a quick, deep cut across the goat's throat. Blood spilled onto the dry olive leaves of the family orchard. Grandfather Erol thanked Allah, thanked the goat, he asked that his grandson Hussein be blessed. Then he flayed it, removed the hide and draped over the stone wall to dry.

The action was fierce. A player came blazing by, setting up a shot for goal, a defender in hot pursuit. The soccer ball screamed toward the goal, only to be intercepted by......a palm tree.