Every third Thursday of November, around the world wine festival Beaujolais nouveau is held. This is the day of official presentation of the wine manufactured from grapes Gamay Beaujolais from this French province. Beaujolais nouveau is imported in 200 countries, the amount of about 55 million bottles.
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Oktoberfest in Munich 2010
This is sheer madness. The whole city is turned into “Gaudi” center (that’s no Barelonese architect, it is Bavarian for “fun”) and people go to work wearing national costumes – women in dresses with open breasts and men in leather shorts with suspenders, colorful shirts and shoes stylized in traditional way. Here go some of the best images from this year’s Oktoberfest for all those who didn’t manage to go to Munich to see how it all looked like and to catch some of it’s atmosphere and also for those who did visit Munich during these festival days to refresh their memories.
Autumn festival in China
Chinese Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar – the day of the autumn equinox when the moon is fullest. The Chinese believe that on this day the moon will be the biggest, largest and brightest, and the word “round” in Chinese means family reunion. The Chinese celebrate the Chinese lunar festival eating cakes. Here are few great photos that will bring you closer this festival and its atmosphere. Enjoy!
Bodyart festival in Australia
The Australian Body Art Carnivale was held in Eumundi from Friday 14 May to Sunday 16 May, 2010. This year saw the expansion of all elements of the festival and the theme was FANTASY.The Carnivale was again be ‘A Festival of Colour’ centred around body art in its many and varied forms. For members of the public, it was nothing short of phenomenal to watch the human canvases take shape during the competitions.
Music, nature, love…
From 10th to 14th of June in the region of Kaluga the legendary open-air festival of free art “Pustie Holmi” (Hollow Hills) took place. This unusual and colorful festival was held for the traditional eighth time. We present you pictures from the festival, which were taken by photo-blogger Ilya Melnikov. Enjoy watching these amazing photos that will take you to a journey of love, music and nature. This festival looks to me like a hippie commune a little bit, but it still seems great nevertheless!
