Unique Caribbean Festival

During the winter solstice around the time the sun went down the Yup’ik tribe of Alaska participated in something interesting: The Bladder Festival. All the bladders of the seals that were killed in the years hunt were dried, filled with air, and then sent out to sea. Someone from today’s time would probably think of this as an odd thing to be doing. When actually, it is a process that embodies deep meanings that reveal the deep appreciation, by the Yup’ik, of the world and its blessings.

Having said that, it is actually very much religious in ways that the other Caribbean festivals and carnivals are not.

A coming of age ceremony that an American girl has is called a sweet 16. A Latin American or Mexican girl has a Quinceanera. A sweet 16 is a party for a young girl turning 16. A Quinceanera is given to a girl on there 15th birthday .The two are very different but at the same time they are very alike. The two ceremonies have some similarities. First of all they both mark the transition of childhood to womanhood. They both are a form of a party or birthday celebration. These two are traditions for different cultures.

Here in American, it’s a little harder to have such special and popular festivals because there is such a wide variety of

Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America’s Creole Soul by Roger D. Abrahams is a book about the upbringing of the New Orleans Mardi Gras carnival. This is one the most famous carnivals held in New Orleans. The festival Mardi Gras “Fat Tuesday” incorporates “such events as costumed float parades, neighborhood marches or second-lines, street gatherings, informal parties, and formal balls in New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile, among other Gulf Coast cities and towns.” (1) The author, Roger D. Abrahams throughout his book, speaks of the carnival from all differ perspectives and compares it to other countries held around the world. He also addresses, how before Hurricane Katrina and afterwards, the Mardi Gras festival and the culture/ tradition

Frisco, Texas has a population of over 100,000 people, and it's located approximately 25 miles from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. This bedroom community is home to many of the professionals who commute to the Dallas Fort Worth area.

Other events we attended throughout the semester included the Corrales Harvest Festival in October and the New Mexican Hispanic Arts Dialogue in November. The Harvest Festival is a village wide annual event that celebrates Corrales' agricultural roots. Corrales Road which is in the heart of Corrales, is closed down to traffic. The road is home to many businesses, studios, and restaurants. Some of the key events at the Harvest Festival include live music, arts and craft shows, business & non-profit exhibits,special events that celebrate horses and cowboys, an evening dance under the stars, a pet parade, wine tasting, growers market, and many more events attract visitors from around New Mexico. The city comes alive as families, pets, and farm

The festival is self explanatory in that people from all over the area gather to indulge in immense amounts of lobsters. While this part of the festival is

This paper is about Mardi Gras, A festival or Carnival celebrated once a year. In this paper I will discuss how Mardi Gras originated, when it is celebrated, how it is celebrated, and what does it mean to all the different cultures. Mardi Gras, in the French speaking parts of the world and in some US southern states is the last day of carnival festivities preceding Lent, the time of penitence observed by Christians in preparation for Easter. Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") is a French term for Shrove Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent. Before Lent festivities reach the climax on a day in February or March, depending on what date Easter is.(Americana pg. 308)

Although I am currently studying in FSU-Panama, on my spring break/carnivals I had the opportunity to travel to Bogota and while there I went to different museums around the area. The first image I chose, in the back is the statue of Simon Bolivar, libertador of Colombia. This statue is located in the center of the Bolivar Square an iconic place in Bogota. Simon Bolivar statue was created in 1846 by Genoese sculptor Pietro Tenerani and it is the first statue in the city of Bogota. Resting in the heart of the historic part of Bogota this monument is made out of bronze its scale is not enormous as I first thought, its height is approximately 2 meters and it is placed over a concrete pedestal. This monument conveys grandeur, it was stablished

The upcoming Denver Film Festival, which runs the first two weeks of November is one of the most highly anticipated movie related events of the year. As this annual festival has started to gain more public attention over the years, this event has seen

Central Idea: Festival culture has transformed into a global phenomenon that began in the 50s-60s.

This festival goes on for a couple of days, beginning with a lecture on the algae on the first day. On the second day, it is a celebration for the Marimo algae and a ceremony where one receives their own. It is said that when one receives their marimo algae, they are also offering their appreciation to Mother Nature.

Boxing Day (Dec 26) and New Year’s Day (Jan 1), both Garifuna and non-Carib blacks celebrate the Jonkonnu Festival, also known as John Canoe. Jonkonnu is a dancing parade of ancient African rituals with a Mardi Gras style. The dancers wear costumes and masks as they dance from house to house. The dancers are followed by two drumers and a female chorus. The music played is called goombay, which is a blend of ancient African and Caribbean sounds. The Jonkonnu Festival is held in Jamaica and the Bahamas as well, with some differences.

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is a yearly open air electronic music celebration that happens in March in the city of Miami, Florida, United States (DURAN, 2013).In this report I have analysed about the ultra-Miami festival event in USA and what is behind the success of the event. Events rarely succeed or fail it is totally depending on the scheduling and who all are the stakeholders are supporting the particular event. For a successful event there are several potential goals to satisfy and a plethora of stakeholders to involve (Presenza, 2012). Festivals are mostly unique in the events sector how the stakeholders are involved in the events. Media is mainly involved in a group way in television and