Traditional Music Festivals
Traditional Music Festivals
10 Traditional Music Festivals Articles
7 Traditional Music Festivals Snippets
14 Traditional Music Festivals Photo Galleries
7 Traditional Music Festivals Videos
49 Traditional Music Festivals Websites
Traditional Music Festivals » 10 Articles
Article Title: Heart and Soul of Amazonas
Festival Name: Boi Bumba
Festival Country: Brazil
Festival Type(s): Music - Traditional, Cultural, Traditional
To really enjoy Manaus, you need to step outside of the typical tourist mode and experience the spirit of the people and possibly a "festa" (festival or party) or three. Outside of "Carnaval", which is a big festival throughout Brazil (not just Rio) just before the start of the Catholic Lenten season, Boi Bumba is the region's largest and most famous festival.
Article Title: Celtic Colours International Festival
Festival Name: Celtic Colours International Festival
Festival Country: Canada
Festival Type(s): Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
For nearly two weeks around the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday in mid October each year, the towns and villages and crossroads of Cape Breton are alive with music at the Celtic Colours International Festival
Article Title: Bilbao's Big Week
Festival Name: Aste Nagusia Bilbao
Festival Country: Spain
Festival Type(s): Music - Traditional, Dance - Latin, Party
For ten days the city centre is full to bursting with people, young and old, enjoying a mix of traditional Basque music, dance and sports (anyone for a spot of stone-lifting or log-chopping?) and more modern spectacles, fuelled by regular helpings of food and wine from the many txosnas (large tents) that line the main streets.
Article Title: All aboard the Marrakech Express
Festival Name: Marrakech Festivals
Festival Country: Morocco
Festival Type(s): Music - Jazz, Music - Traditional, Music - World
Marrakech is swiftly becoming the cultural capital of North Africa. Known for beautiful luxury hotels, Morocco also offers a vast range of alternative festivals as well as an active and exciting World Music scene.
Article Title: The Dreaming - Australia's International Indigenous Festival
Festival Name: The Dreaming Festival
Festival Country: Australia
Festival Type(s): Indigenous, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Something very special is happening in the hills behind the Sunshine Coast.
Something that turns dreams into reality.
Article Title: The Arab Roots of the Flamenco
Festival Name: Flamenco
Festival Country: Spain
Festival Type(s): Dance - Latin, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
This thrilling vociferation appeared to inspire the fiery black haired women dancers as they stamped the stage floor with wild uncontrolled passion. Beautifully costumed, their tight-bodice multi-coloured dresses flaring at the hips and covering petticoats with countless ruffles matched the carnations in their hair.
Article Title: Serenading Mariachis - The Heart and Soul of Mexico
Festival Name: Mariachis in Mexico
Festival Country: Mexico
Festival Type(s): Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Proudly they stood in matching garb overshadowed by their huge, broad-rimmed and silver-embroidered sombreros. Their traditional silver decorated costumes with short jackets, tight-fitting wool pants, ruffled white shirts and pointed shining boots appeared to emphasize and give colour to their tunes.
Article Title: The Dancing Monks of Tengboche
Festival Name: Mani Rimdu Festival
Festival Country: Nepal
Festival Type(s): Religious, Indigenous, Music - Traditional
IT ISN'T MUSIC AND IT HAS NO RHYTHM. Amplified by the clear mountain air, the cacophony of sound is deafening. Conversation becomes impossible and all attention turns to the temple entrance, whence a procession of solemn faced monks is emerging.
Article Title: Baptism By Beat
Festival Name: Fiesta de San Juan Bautista
Festival Country: Venezuela
Festival Type(s): Religious, Music - Varied, Music - Traditional
Down by the sea, the drums call. The villages of Barlovento spring from their sleepy states for the Fiesta de San Juan Bautista (St John the Baptist) in late June.
Article Title: Tejano-Conjunto Music Festival
Festival Name: Tejano-Conjunto Music Festival
Festival Country: USA
Festival Type(s): Music - Traditional, Music - Rock
But mostly they come to listen and stomp their feet to the music of conjunto and the modern rock-influenced Tejano bands. This is essence of the San Antonio's version of a rollicking good-time-The Tejano-Conjunto Music Festival.
Traditional Music Festivals » 7 Snippets
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Traditional Music Festivals » 14 Photo Galleries
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Traditional Music Festivals » 7 Videos
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Traditional Music Festivals » 49 Websites
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