Marking the end of the Yuletide season, the festival began almost spontaneously. Lubricated by long nights of drinking, drum-beating and general debauchery, young men began burning tar barrels ...

Here the PA news agency looks at some of the more bizarre activities of 2024. The Jarl Squad set light to the galley in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa fire festival (Andrew ...

Despite the backdrop of global wars and a continuing cost-of-living crisis, Britons still found time to have fun in 2024. From racing through mud on lawnmowers to riding penny farthings while ...

Whether it’s torchlit processions, folk dances or modernised pagan rituals ... season, the festival began almost spontaneously. Lubricated by long nights of drinking, drum-beating and general ...

The Man Died, the feature film inspired by Wole Soyinka’s prison notes of the same title, clinched the Best Screenplay trophy at the 35th Carthage International Film Festival, which was held ...

“Man has his machines in mother earth ... with the likes of Van Halen and Motley Crue and earned a slot at the US Festival in 1983, but broke up a year later. While Testament spoke to the ...

18—Concord police detained a suspect after a good Samaritan guarding a nearby Nativity scene spotted a man causing significant ... incident of vandalism to the pagan icon Baphomet in a week.

The 7th International Cultural Tourism Short Film Festival featured a master class by Abhinay Deo and screenings of 43 films, including international entries. Second day of ongoing three-day 7th ...

Ben Harris, aka “The Wandering Jew,” reports on Jewish life at Burning Man, an annual festival that attracts more than 40,000 people, or “burners,” to a post-apocalyptic landscape in the ...

Thousands of people are set to line the city’s streets to watch the mesmerising Burning the Clocks parade ... the Winter Solstice on Saturday. The festival is celebrating its 30th event this ...