* Bon festival – ( Obon Festival ) is a Japanese traditional buddhist custom, evolved into a family reunion holiday.

Lang and Kornfeld noticed the ad, and the four men got together originally to discuss a retreat-like recording studio in Woodstock, but the idea evolved into an outdoor music and arts festival, although even that was initially envisioned on a smaller scale, perhaps featuring some of the big name artists who lived in the Woodstock area ( such as Bob Dylan and The Band ).

Originally a celebration signaling the end of the yearly sugar cane harvest, it has since evolved into a national festival rivaling New Orleans Mardi Gras and Trinidad Carnival in Trinidad.

The festival thus evolved a more satirical and ironic character, and the wooden castoffs gradually came to be assembled into progressively more elaborate ' monuments ' that were designed and painted in advance.

The festival has evolved from a small town fair to an annual event.

It has evolved into a large festival held the third week of August, and is the oldest continuing patriotic celebration in the United States.

The name " Wakefield " may derive from " Waca's field " – the open land belonging to someone named " Waca " or could have evolved from the Old English word wacu, meaning " a watch or wake ", and feld, an open field in which a wake or festival was held.

In the East End of London, a kind of joint festival has evolved where everyone enjoys the same fire and fireworks for their own diverse reasons.

Starting with a small exhibition in 1994, by 2001 the " New " New York Armory Show, held in piers on the Hudson River, evolved into a " hugely entertaining " ( New York Times ) annual contemporary arts festival with a strong commercial bent.

Over the past few years, the Pennsylvania Derby has evolved into a three-day festival that lasts all of Labor Day weekend at the racetrack, culminating with the running of the Derby.

Within the following 20 years, the festival steadily evolved: in 1997 it was first renamed transmedia before it was named transmediale in 1998.

The festival started in 1974 as a one-day event with performances from Banzai and Kandahar, but over the years it has evolved to become Belgium's largest music festival.

The awards and the festival have evolved alongside the television industry and reflect trends and developments in the global business.

Since Madrid has hosted the Europride in 2007, the Gay Pride march has evolved to the biggest gay festival in the world.

This religious festival later evolved into an annual Buddhist festival which is believed to have originated during the reign of Pude Gungyal, the ninth King of Tibet.

Typical outdoor floral display, in this case, a map of the world. What was originally planned to be a two-week floral festival evolved into a six-month extravaganza, with the idea being that more tickets could be sold in 26 weeks than two.

It has evolved into of many festivals Holi, Gudhee Padava around this part of year in India It is one of the most famous harvesting festival in India.

Created in 1969, the Pan-African film and television festival of Ouagadougou has evolved into an internationally recognized and respected event in not only the African continent but in the world at large.

The greater ( or city ) Dionysia had evolved into a dramatic festival ; Dionysus was the god of acting, music and poetry for the Athenians, and the festival became an urban carnival ( or Komos ).

Formerly there was also a biannual event called " Breakout " which evolved from the London Weekend this saw its last festival in July 2010.

The festival was jointly created and promoted by the Village Sounds and Secret Service music companies, and began in 2001 as a one-day gathering to cater for Australia's winter season ( a period that had traditionally been associated with very few events of this nature ); the festival evolved into a two-day event in 2002.

the world-renowned 500-mile auto race at Indianapolis, Indiana, plus a festival from May 27-30 ; ;

It won't be a `` tea '', however, but more of an international folk song festival, with singers from Chicago's foreign groups to sing Christmas songs from around the world.

He twice ran away from home without permission to hear his elder brother play violin concertos in neighboring churches on festival days ( resulting in the loss of his beloved sugar ), and he also recounted being chastised by his father after failing to greet a local priest with proper respect.

The yearly festival runs from the last week in July for a week, running into early August.

Aberdour has a very popular yearly festival, which runs from late July to early August and features musical events, shows, sporting events and children's events.

While inspired by traditional Beltane, this festival is a modern arts and cultural event ( compared by organizers to the American Burning Man festival ) which incorporates myth and drama from a variety of world cultures and diverse literary sources.

During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011, Radio 1 ended each day of the festival from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 August with the Fun & Filth Cabaret.

The collects of the Breviary are largely drawn from the Gelasian and other Sacramentaries, and they are used to sum up the dominant idea of the festival in connection with which they happen to be used.

He performs live DJ sets, occasionally comperes and curates the events, and has broadcast the radio show live from the festival location.

These including haranguing CND marchers from the roof of the CPS's Whitehall office and flying a plane over a CND festival with a banner reading, " Help the Soviets, Support CND!

And from that time to this we celebrate this festival, and call it Lights.

Another regular Delphi festival was the " Theophania " ( Θεοφάνεια ), an annual festival in spring celebrating the return of Apollo from his winter quarters in Hyperborea.

At Plataea there was a festival, the Daedala, in which a temporary wooden altar was fashioned, and an effigy was made from an oak-tree and dressed in bridal attire.

In this festival, they keep playing Miyake Taiko from 11: 00 a. m. to 8: 00 p. m. to lead their mikoshi portable shrines going around their town.

The Gröbenbach, which has its source south of Puchheim, runs through town coming from the south and merges into the Amper river at several locations near the festival grounds.

Easter () or Pascha (, Paskha ; Pasḥa ; from Pesaḥ ) is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.

The Greek word Πάσχα and hence the Latin form Pascha is derived from Hebrew Pesach () meaning the festival of Passover.

In Maltese the word is L-Għid, where " Għ " stands for the common Semitic consonant Ayin, and is directly derived from Arabic ʿĪd, which in both cases means " festival ".

In all Romance languages, the name of the Easter festival is derived from the Latin Pascha.

Today there are thousands of film festivals around the world, ranging from high profile festivals such as Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival ( Park City, UT ) to horror festivals such as Terror Film Festival ( Philadelphia, PA ), and the first U. S. film festival dedicated to honoring the impact of music in film: the Park City Film Music Festival: http :// www. PCFMF. com.

Time wrote it had " grown from its place as the most influential fall film festival to the most influential film festival, period.