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Festivals in September

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September Festival Articles

8 festival article(s) returned for September

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Article Title: America's Farm Aid

Festival Name: Farm Aid

Festival Country: USA

Festival Type(s): Charity, Music - Country, Music - Rock

If you like your rock with an American accent, a country twang or a bluesy rhythm, Farm Aid may just be the gig for you. What began in 1985 as yet another in a long line of the era's aid concerts has not only endured but grown to become a rural American institution. Now into its third decade and with the likes of Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews advocating the event and playing to crowds in the tens of thousands year in year out, Farm Aid's future all seems pretty rosy.

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Article Title: Viva Mexico! Viva!

Festival Name: Fiestas Patrias - Independence Day in Mexico

Festival Country: Mexico

Festival Type(s): National, Historical, Party

It's September 15, but it looks more like Christmas on the Paseo de Reforma, all decked out in red, green and white banners and flags as Mexico City readies itself for Fiestas Patrias, Independence Day, the biggest fiesta of the year.

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Article Title: Moon Over My Army

Festival Name: Full Moon Party

Festival Country: Japan

Festival Type(s): Lunar, Traditional, Cultural

A popular legend tells a very sad tale. It seems Gosamaru was the lord of the Village of Yamada in Yomitan. He built Zakimi Castle, took part in foreign trade and became very rich and powerful.

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Article Title: Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival - Kamchatka, Russia

Festival Name: Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival

Festival Country: Russia

Festival Type(s): Indigenous, Harvest, Traditional

Out on the tundra, eyes level with the humps of juniper and blueberry bushes, I crouched and surveyed the horizon. The violet, burnt orange, purple, and brick red rolled in waves to the fading blue sky. Sunset on the far eastern reaches of Siberia.

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Article Title: Lulworth Castle Medieval Festival

Festival Name: Lulworth Castle Medieval Festival

Festival Country: England

Festival Type(s): Medieval, Historical

Lulworth Castle is a gem though, with round towers at each corner, every child's picturebook vision, and the Festival was arranged to take full advantage of this with the Arena right in front of the main entrance. I had rented a holiday cottage in the village for the weekend, and arrived on the Friday afternoon.

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Article Title: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Viewing and Moon Cakes

Festival Name: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Festival

Festival Country: China

Festival Type(s): Lunar, Harvest, Natural Phenomenon

Some countries call it Harvest Festival; there is a Harvest moon. Others note the autumnal equinox as a sign of the changing seasons. Here in China, they call it the Mid-Autumn festival, celebrated during the full moon that falls between the mid-September and mid-October. On this night of the full moon, tradition says that you sit outdoors with your family throughout the night, admiring the moon, talking, and eating special sweet cakes called Moon Cakes.

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Article Title: Oktoberfest Doesn't Disappoint, But Show Up Early

Festival Name: Oktoberfest

Festival Country: Germany

Festival Type(s): Beer, Party

Imagine six million liters of beer, enough to fill a small lake or pour a glass for every man, woman and child in Germany. Add a few thousand traditionally-clad, voluptuous Bavarian waitresses carrying up to 22 liters of beer at a time, the equivalent of 66 12-ounce bottles.

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Article Title: St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels

Festival Name: St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels

Festival Country: Ireland

Festival Type(s): Religious, Traditional, Cultural

On the afternoon of the Sunday preceding Michaelmas, women and girls in the Hebrides gather St. Michael's wild carrots. But they don't just dig them up haphazardly - a very special ritual must be observed.

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