Festivals Collection

Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese people - Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Maha (big) Rabana or Banku (bench) Rabana, played by two or more people at a time is used at wedding festivals

Stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt
Decorated stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt. Mawlid (or muled in Egyptian Arabic) is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad but in some countries the term

Khedive visiting the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo
Visit of the Khedive the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt, with mounted bodyguards following. The Egyptian Khedive (equivalent of viceroy)

Sir Benjamin Stone
SIR BENJAMIN STONE Statesman, MP for Birmingham, best known for his photography - portraits of politicians and British folklore customs and festivals

Advert for Cannes Film Festival
An advert for what would have been the first Cannes Film Festival, in September 1939. The outbreak of World War II meant it was cancelled. The first Cannes Festival eventually happened in 1946

Beautiful Gruss Aus Bavarian postcard
The card shows revellers in a crowd in festive costumes - soldiers, musicians and serving maids etc.It is from Fuerther-Kirchweih which is famous for its festivals. Date: circa 1900

The Midwinter Festival in Roman London at the time of the Emperor Nero as imagined by the artist, Fortunino Matania. Citizens carry offerings to the temple while a small boy stands

Japanese Matsuri Festival
Matsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple

Knutsford, Cheshire, Royal May Day Festival 1902
May Day Festival in Knutsford, Cheshire town, taking place every year, were children dress-up in costumes, shepherdesses, milkmaids and folkloric figures like Robin Hood, Little John and Maid Marion

During the winter festivals in Europe paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence. Date: 13th - 16th century

Four Black Forest Belles chosen to represent the four leading German villages during a week of big Harvest Festivals. Date: 1930s

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Women of Bolbec in costume for baptisms, weddings, family reunions or festivals at church.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

GODDESS FLORA
Roman goddess of flowers, especially Spring : she was celebrated in festivals known as Floralia

Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford 1769
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. The Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon. Date: 1769

Tyrolean Girl 1930S
In Northern Tyrol (Austria), animals play an important part in the yearly harvest festivals. Here is a peasant girl with her cow, decorated with flowers and a large bell. Date: 1930s

Candles and lanterns at Wat Phan Tao Temple, Chiang Mai
Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Islamic festival in Djibouti
People at an Islamic festival in Djibouti. Date: circa 1910s

Bilbao, Spain - Giant Figures - Festival
Semana Grande Festival, the gigante of modern fiestas of Bilbao, Spain - Many Latin festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, Giants and Big-Heads. Date: circa 1905

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, Japan
The Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri), which takes place annually in Kyoto and is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. The Festival is crowned by a parade (the Yamaboko Junko)

Young boys carrying a Mikoshi - portable Shinto Shrine
Young boys carrying a Mikoshi (Divine Palanquin), a portable Shinto Shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine

Music cover, Old Browns Daughter sung by Vance
Music cover, Old Browns Daughter, written and composed by G W Hunt, sung by Vance at the Comic Festivals in London and the Provinces. circa 1860

Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

A suggestion for a festive, post-war Trafalgar Square
Picture illustrating a suggestion for a post-war Christmas festival to be held in Trafalgar Square which for four years had been a centre for wartime recruitment and fundraising

Shakespeare Commem 1853
Shakespeare commemoration at Stratford - the oration at the church gate. Date: 1853

Shakespeare Show 1884
Three=day Shakespeare show at the Albert Hall, London. Date: 1769

Shakespeare Oak 1864
Shakespeare commemoration - oak planted on Primrose Hill, London - though why here, who knows ? Date: 1769

Shakespeare Commem 1864
Shakespeare commemoration at Stratford - exhibition of Shakespeare pictures and relics in the Town Hall. Date: 1769

Shakespeare Commem 1769
Shakespeare commemoration at Stratford - the Jubilee Booth or Amphitheatre. Date: 1769

Swiss Spring Celebration
Happy men and women in traditional peasant costumes during the annual spring festivals in Switzerland. Date: early 1930s

China - Chinese Festivals - Mandarins and High Officials Date: circa 1908

Gion Festival in Kyoto - Participant as Samurai Warrior
The Gion Festival in Kyoto, one of the most famous festivals in Japan. It goes for the entire month of July. Here a participant is dressed as a samurai warrior. Date: circa 1910s

Moslem festival at Bairam. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Champion medal of the Liverpool Athletic Society
The champion medal which is presented annually by the Mayor of Liverpool to the most successful competitor at the Olympic festivals which are held in June by the Athletic Society. Date: 1863

Spitalfields Annual Festival
A basket race at the annual fair at Spitalfields Market, London. mid 1970s

Midsummer Day. Soldiers dancing at a midsummer fair festival where there was sometimes recruitment Date: 1866

La Mi-Careme, Tunisia
La Mi-Careme, Tunis, 1899. It is an old French festival (resembling that of Mardi Gras) in the Lenten season: the Thursday of the third entire week of Lent Date: 1899

Playing the Hohlee, Hindu Spring Festival, India
Playing the Hohlee. Holi, or Holli, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus. The image depicts the celebrations during the festival with musicians and dancers. 1809

Da Zhao Temple, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Part of the Da Zhao Temple (meaning Infinite Temple), a Buddhist monastery at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China

Rome - St Peter s
The piazza San Pietro, before St Peter s, where on religious festivals crowd gather to hear what the Pope has to say

Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of the Tabernacles in ancient Palestine

Al-Mohurrum Festival
The festival of Al-Mohurrum (or Mohurram). (See also Islam/Processions)

Eve of Bayram, Turkey
Turkish moslems observe the eve of Al-Bayram, an important festival

Ornamental float drawn at festivals
Ornamented float drawn at festivals

Ottorino Respighi / 1924
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Italian composer, known for the Pines of Rome, the Fountains of Rome and the Festivals of Rome

Shakespeare / Jubilee / 1769
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. The Garricks Jubilee procession in Stratford

Shakespeare / Jubilee / 1769
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Mr Garrick reciting the Ode in honour of Shakespeare at the Jubilee in Stratford

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