Cracking Coconuts and Beauty Queens: Tahiti’s Heiva Festival
Costumes are intrical to the Heiva experience, taking their lead from traditional tribes garments.
Read moreCostumes are intrical to the Heiva experience, taking their lead from traditional tribes garments.
Read moreThe annual festival takes place in barren Black Rock desert of the western United States, in the state of Nevada. It’s 80 miles from the nearest town, in the middle of nowhere, so you need to come prepared with food, water, and a place to sleep, at the very least.
Read moreEach year, Berlin, Germany’s lively and cosmopolitan Capital City, hosts the world’s largest techno dance party, the Love Parade. The street parade, which takes place in July, is a tour de force in the German contemporary dance music scene.
Read moreThe small town of Hoquiam, on the Olympic Peninsular in Grays Harbor County, is host to the Annual Loggers Play Day every September. Hoquiam was originally the site of a Native American Indian village, but white settlers were attracted to the area by the abundance of giant trees.
Read moreEvery year in July, Medieval folk from across the land gather to eat drink and be merry – with a little bit of jousting and battle re-enactments thrown in for good measure. There is a chance here to sharpen your archery skills, have your fortune told, and pelt the peasant.
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