The most famous work of Algerian cinema is probably that of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the palme d ' Or at the Cannes film festival in the year 1975.

The name is certainly cognate with the Doric month name Απέλλαιος and the Doric festival απελλαι.

The connection with Dorians and their initiation festival apellai is reinforced by the month Apellaios in northwest Greek calendars, but it can explain only the Doric type of the name, which is connected with the Ancient Macedonian word " pella " ( Pella ), stone.

AFI FEST is the only film festival in the US to hold FIAPF ( Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films ) accreditation.

Hay is normally brought in twice a year, often also on festival days.

* Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August

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

This festival is locally known as Korfest.

Ajax, who in the post-Homeric legend is described as the grandson of Aeacus and the great-grandson of Zeus, was the tutelary hero of the island of Salamis, where he had a temple and an image, and where a festival called Aianteia was celebrated in his honour.

Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July. During this event millions of trees are planted.

The perseverance of the Pilgrims is celebrated during the annual Thanksgiving festival.

It is also a fertility festival, similar in some ways to other harvest-time celebrations in other cultures.

The Donkey brae run is held on the first Sunday of the festival and is popular nationwide, with a 7-mile race, 2-mile run and a 1-mile run for children.

In the Anglosphere, most notably in Anglo-America, autumn is also associated with the Halloween season ( which in turn was influenced by Samhain, a Celtic autumn festival ), and with it a widespread marketing campaign that promotes it, in the U. S. A.

The Japanese festival, in which Altair is known as, is based on this legend.

Alexandria is also known as " Small Town USA " and holds an annual festival to honor this heritage.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

Beltane () is the anglicised spelling of the Goidelic name for either the month of May or the festival held on the first day of May.

Beltane regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and is still observed as a cultural festival by some in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and among their diasporas.

Today, Beltane is also observed as a religious festival by Celtic neopagans.

Another common aspect of the festival in early 20th century Ireland was the hanging of May Boughs on the doors and windows of houses and the making of May Bushes in farmyards, which usually consisted either of a branch of rowan / caorthann ( mountain ash ) or more commonly whitethorn / sceach geal ( hawthorn ) which is in bloom at the time and is commonly called the ' May Bush ' or just ' May ' in both Ireland and Britain.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

In this, Louis merely made official the custom of celebrating the festival on 1 November which had been spread to the continent by the Anglo-Saxon mission, suggesting that the association of All Saints with 1 November is originally due to an Insular tradition.

The audience milled about the open festival floor for a long 45 minutes / hour after opening act Oingo Boingo departed the stage, and then finally it was announced that XTC would not take the stage due to the " illness " of one of the band members ( later revealed as Andy Partridge's ongoing fight with stage fright in Chris Twomey's book XTC: Chalkhills and Children ).

Additionally, most people would prefer to sleep indoors at this point in the year due to the weather, so sleeping in the sukkah may impinge on one's own joy during the festival.

The timing of the events is fixed and they fall on the same date every year, though there has been discussion about holding some events on the weekend preceding the Fallas, in order to take greater advantage of the tourist potential of the festival or changing the end date of the festival in years where it is due to occur in midweek.

It was one of several places in which town planning was administered directly from Berlin, due to Hitler's special interest in the town and in the festival.

In addition, because many homes had been destroyed due to the war, thousands of people were living in temporary shelters, even the festival restaurant next to the Festival Hall housed some 500 people.

Although the origins of blacking-up for Mummer's Day have no racial connotations – the tradition going back to the days of the Celts – controversially, in the Padstow festival, a song with the words " He's gone where the good niggers go ", was formerly included due to the popularity of minstrel songs during the 20th century.

This festival has been compared to the more Western maypole festival due to the similarity of their celebrations ( dancing for spring, feasting, etc .).

In August 2011 Crumb cancelled plans to visit Graphic 2011 festival in Sydney, Australia due to safety concerns after a tabloid labeled him a " self-confessed sex pervert " in an article headlined " Cult genius or filthy weirdo?

* The snow queen is due to be performed by the world renowned Chichester Festival Youth Theatre in the Christmas of 2010 as part of the autum festival.

His replacement, Captain Asher C. Baker, retired due to illness days before the festival opened, leaving things in the hands of E. L. Austin.

This festival, which has traditionally been held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, was demoted to only Saturday and Sunday in 2009 after the town's centennial due to the suffering economy. But, in 2011 they added Thursday activities to the festival.

The festival hasn't been held for several years due to the shutdown of the dairy plant in the 1970s and the subsequent decline of the town and its economy.

This bowling festival was an annual event until 1984, when the organising bowling club declared bankruptcy due to financial mismanagement.

However, this festival was cancelled due to objections by the city council.

Until recently the city has sponsored an annual Filbert Festival in early August as a general summer celebration, featuring music, food, and family fun ; this was canceled in 2007 due to withdrawal of a key sponsor, and the future for the festival is presently uncertain.

The 2011 Tooele Arts Festival was cancelled due to lack of volunteers, which was the first time since 1985 that no arts festival was held in Tooele City ; however the festival was held again in 2012.

Damascus is the home of the annual Trail Days festival, and is known as Trail Town USA due to the convergence of four scenic trails in the town, including the Appalachian Trail, U. S. Bicycle Route 76, The Iron Mountain Trail, and the Virginia Creeper Trail.