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    Winning the prize "Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access" at Sundance Festival, The Chinese Mayor, shot by Hao Zhou, is a 2014 documentary film telling the story of Datong under the rule of a communist mayor Yanbo Geng. Director Hao Zhou follows mayor Geng one year, recording the real side of the interaction between government officers and people to present the conflicts under the communist government. Because of that, this film is prohibited to be shown in China since the government believes it is

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    Poland in Toronto, extremely popular the Unsound Festival arrived for the first time in Canada. Unsound, an innovative music, and art festival, which originated in Kraków, held already several festivals in New York, Adelaide, and London, and was making its Canadian debut. The festival became an enormous success, as it was evident in the positive previews and reviews in local Canadian and Polish media. Matt Schulz, a founder and organizer of the festival, in an interview for the Globe and Mail said:

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    horror movie which directed by Swedish director Tomas Alfredson in 2008. It received a number of prestigious awards including the “Best International Feature” at the 2008 Calgary International Film Festival, the “Best Narrative Feature” from Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, and etc. (Wikipedia, 2014). This film bases on the bestselling novel of the same name by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. It describes a 12 years old boy Oskar who is a victim of bullying from school. He grew up with the single

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    accept award for her work with Constella Music Festival The award will be given at the Ohio Conference for Classical Music CINCINNATI- On June 4, at 7 p.m. in the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Tatiana Berman will accept an award from the Ohio Conference for Classical Music for “Most Innovative Artistic Director.” Tatiana Berman is a well-known violinist and the artistic director for Constella Music Festival in Cincinnati. The Constella Music Festival works to defy stereotypes about classical music

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    in the way festivals are celebrated” (Obi 136). Festivals and holidays have made a perpetual impact on Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Igbo culture. As time has passed over the years, additional holidays of the Igbo culture are celebrated and traditional aspects of festival celebration have been modernized. Furthermore, some holiday and festival celebrations have altered based on its secular and religious aspects. During Pre-colonial Igbo culture, the foundations of festival and holiday

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    to the famous music and arts festival, Coachella, a year before the event. This growing festival is the most popular in the United States because it brings all different shapes and sizes of people, celebrities, and influencers together. The festival is ADA compliant and have special sign language interpreters. Each and every person can express themselves through dance, music, or fashion. Despite the cost of the tickets (starting off with $300+), attending this festival will be memorable. You can express

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    New Orleans, Voodoo Festival is here and the locals are dressed to impress in the most bizarre costumes and makeup for the fun of the greatest weekend of their lives. Tourist along with new comers take selfies with groups of friends around the large white “Voodoo” lettering past the front entrance that has a line wrapped around City Park. Past the shopping stands and mini bars on the way to the stage there are more sculptures from local artist leading the passageway for festival goers. Thousands of

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    Go with the flow I have been to multiple concerts before but nothing compares to the Resonance Music and Arts Festival, a weekend long camp out of like-minded, motived, music loving individuals. In simpler terms, modern day hippies. These hippies focus more on medication, dancing, and yoga as a way to reach the ultimate state of joy. The people around me, the clothing they wore, the smell of weed that filled the air, and the music that blared through the speakers were all things I will never forget

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    When traveling East down State street, you will come across Bristol’s famous sign, “BRISTOL; A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE” with bright lights and arrows to point you to Tennessee and Virginia. The sign happens to sit right on the state line dividing Bristol, VA and Bristol, TN. Little do people living outside of Bristol know, is that this great city has a vast history of business, music, art, racing, and food, of course. What most people come here for is for the extremely popular Bristol Motor Speedway

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    In “The Sun Also Rises”, there is a festival called San Fermin. The festival of San Fermin is a week-long historically rooted celebration. The celebration starts at noon on the 6th of July, and continues until July 14th at midnight. This festival is locally known as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarre. There are many things that happen during San Fermin from singing and dancing to running with the bull and bull fights. San Fermin has become the most internationally

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