Festivals in September

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Festivals in September - 12 Articles

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: Spain's Tomato Battle

Festival Name: La Tomatina

Festival Country: Spain

Festival Type(s): Bizarre, Party, Food

But contrary to all this evidence, La Tomatina, an annual, city-wide, tomato riot, remains an inexact science. One would think that after 63 - or is it 64? - years, the residents of Buñol, Valencia, Spain, would have their facts straight. Some say La Tomatina uses 150,000 tomatoes. Other claim the number is over 1 million.

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Article Title: The Bird King

Festival Name: Bird King Festival

Festival Country: France

Festival Type(s): Medieval, Re-enactments, Historical

Walk the narrow, cobblestoned streets of the town of Le Puy-en-Velay in mid-September, and you'll swear you are in 16th-century France (if you ignore the cigarettes and cellphones). Aristocrats in fur-lined velvet cloaks stroll alongside peasants in plain tunics leading donkeys, jugglers perform, and vendors hawk meat pies.

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Article Title: Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Festival Name: Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Festival Country: Thailand

Festival Type(s): Bizarre, Cultural, Religious

Deafening fireworks, raucous drums, colorful flags, floats and flowers, the pungent smell of Chinese herbs, and a procession of trance-induced young men and women, bodies and faces punctured by objects as diverse and bizarre as swords, mechanical tools or plant life...welcome to Phuket's Vegetarian Festival!

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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: 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: 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: 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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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: Singin' the Brews - A powerful liquid to lift all known steins

Festival Name: Great Canadian Beer Festival

Festival Country: Canada

Festival Type(s): Beer, Party

Okay, I know lederhosen becomes you and slapping those ample red thighs keeps the accordion player in synch, but pull up a barrel and take a breather. It's time you and I talked about beer.

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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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