A graduate of Hollywood High School, she likes to imagine herself, as she takes the floor, `` a village girl coming in to a festival ''.

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

* All Tomorrow's Parties ( music festival ), a music festival which takes place in Great Britain

In modern Hinduism slaughter according to the rituals permitted in the Vedic scriptures has become less common, though, the world's largest animal sacrifice occurs at Gadhimai, a Hindu festival which takes place every 5 years.

The London Short Film Festival is a BAFTA-affiliated festival which takes place in January every year and is dedicated to finding and showcasing the work of new UK talent, including specific screenings for low budget work.

The Carnival Procession is around long and consists of 3. 000 participants, around 30 festival vehicles and around 20 bands and takes place every year.

Another example of a pagan fire festival is the burning the clavie which takes place in the town of Burghead in Moray.

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 ".

Perhaps the most important cultural event in Poznań is the annual Malta theatre festival, which takes place at many city venues usually in late June and early July.

* Stockholm Jazz Festival is one of Sweden's oldest festivals, the festival takes place at Skeppsholmen in July.

The festival typically takes place the first weekend in May.

In the Czech Republic, the Masopust festival takes place from Epiphany ( Den tří králů ) through Ash Wednesday ( Popeleční středa ).

Užgavėnės is a Lithuanian festival that takes place during the seventh week before Easter ( Ash Wednesday ).

The Mascletà, an explosive barrage of coordinated firecracker and fireworks displays, takes place in each neighbourhood at 2: 00 pm every day of the festival ; the main event is the municipal Mascletà in the Plaça de l ' Ajuntament where the pyrotechnicians compete for the honor of providing the final Mascletà of the fiestas ( on March 19 ).

Mayfest Arts Fair is a free outdoor festival that takes place annually over Mother's Day weekend.

* The Roots & Heritage Festival: An event that takes place throughout the month of September and consists of a wide variety of culturally enriching activities including art exhibits, literary readings, film presentations, the Festival Ball and the ever-popular two-day street festival featuring live musical performances from internationally renowned artists.

The Autumn Glory Festival, a fall festival that attracts a great number of tourists, takes place in Oakland every October.

To save costs on the annual rebranding, the name of the festival was changed to " The Number Fest " with an updated " edition " for each year it takes place.

MUCES is the Spanish acronym to The City of Segovia Festival of European Cinema, an annual film festival which takes place in the city since 2006, usually in November.

Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival ( which takes place in early September ) that is named after one of the town's ancient names.

Yearly in February the Tanned Tin music festival for alternative music and experimental music takes place in Castellón.

Mongolian horse racing takes place during the Naadam festival.

On 1 September the harbour festival takes place.

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.

The Thai zodiac includes a Naga in place of the Dragon and begins, not at Chinese New Year, but at either on the first day of fifth month in Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran festival ( now celebrated every 13 – 15 April ), depending on the purpose of the use.

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

In the Synoptic accounts, the Last Supper is a Passover meal, and so Jesus's trial and crucifixion must have taken place during the night time and following afternoon of the festival itself, the 15th of Nisan.

In 2008, the festival took place in Dortmund on 19 July on the Bundesstraße 1 under the motto Highway of Love.

The festival was attended by Patroclus, Bishop of Arles, who had been raised to that See in place of Bishop Heros of Arles, who had been forcibly and unjustly removed by the imperial general Constantine.

In the Heian period ( 8th – 12th centuries ) this was one of the important rites at the Imperial Court and had found its fixed place in the tama shizume festival in the eleventh month.

Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the " Esposizione Internazionale d ' Arte Cinematografica ", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy.

In 2012 the 69th festival took place from 29 August to 8 September.

The first officially-organised Chinese festival was the Chinese New Year's Eve Festival of February 2005 which took place in Nichita Stănescu Park and was organised by the Bucharest City Hall.

He ties up the innkeeper and assumes his place as Punch, a principal character of the May Day festival.

The Pier continues to be used as an embarkation point for tour and excursion boats and is a popular place to watch lakefront events, including the annual Air and Water airshow and the parade of lighted and decorated boats during Chicago's Venetian Night festival.

Sessions can be held in homes or at various public places in addition to pubs ; often at a festival sessions will be got together in the beer tent or in the vendor's booth of a music-loving craftsman or dealer.

Sanctuaries were erected in various places and were used to express devotion to Yahweh by means of sacrifice, festival meals and celebrations, prayer, and praise.

Held in Gratz Park between the Carnegie Center and Transylvania University, the festival typically features up to 100 art and craft booths, live entertainment throughout the weekend, food, children's activities, adult activities and literary events, free carriage rides, a traditional Morris and Maypole dance and various demonstrations.

Ashoka, the South Asian student association, puts on a performance for Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, that includes a skit and dances ; Black Anthology is a student-run performance arts show celebrating black culture ; Lunar New Year Festival is a collaboration between the many East Asian organizations on campus culminating in a show to celebrate the holiday with a skit and dances from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures ; the Association of Latin American Students showcases various forms of Latin and Spanish dances during their performance, Carnaval.

The annual festival has also been a launching platform for many Australian artists, with various acts performing on the tour multiple times, such as Silverchair, Powderfinger, You Am I, The Living End, Jebediah, Grinspoon, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kisschasy, and Wolfmother.

The Biennale of Sydney is an important festival dedicated to the contemporary visual arts, held bi-annually at the MCA and at various other venues around the city and often spilling into the streets.

She has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards.

The known features of Bona Dea's cults recall those of various earth and fertility goddesses of the Graeco-Roman world, especially the Thesmophoria festival to Demeter.

Another important detail is fire: A festival fire must be kept from sunset till sunrise, and various kinds of flaming light sources are used ; usually these are bonfires, which traditionally people jump over to ensure prosperity and fertility.

The festival normally centres on a charity gala day in June, when various groups including Scouts, church groups and schools parade through the town, finishing with a large fête in the grounds of Swakeleys House.

Those involved provided music at various free festivals in the 1990s and also assistance to the then budding Deptford urban free festival ( later the Fordham Park urban free festival ).

In its first twenty-five years, the festival earned over $ 440, 000 in profits, which were distributed among the hospital, the parks department of the city of Church Point, and various civic organizations.

The festival, which includes a Sunday parade, gives visitors the opportunity to explore various horse-drawn vehicles.

The festival offers an opportunity for local groups and organizations to raise funds for their various endeavors, as well as showcase their products to the crowds that attend.

Its grounds feature a statue honoring area veterans of the Civil War and a gazebo, and is the site of " A Day in the Village ," a festival held in mid-June which features attractions like face painting, sand art, a DooDah parade, and various groups handing out free candy and religious tracts.

In recent years Mountain Days now called Mountain Festival has become a more traditional and smaller festival, with music, food and activities for kids and stands selling various local arts and crafts.

In mid-July, Crooksville, along with its neighboring village of Roseville, annually hosts the Crooksville-Roseville Pottery festival, which emphasizes various aspects of pottery creation, design, collection, etc.

The event usually begins on a Friday night with bands and food, but the official start is the parade on Saturday morning in which local school bands, Little League teams, Boy Scout troops and various local emergency service crews walk across town, ending at the festival.

Among the various events at the festival are an a 5K Run, antique / classic car show, and tennis round robin tournament.

* Turkey Fest-A local festival during which the townsfolk compete with people at various turkey-centric events.

Though the festivals are put on by various organizations unrelated to each other, and so are officially separate events, they are regarded by many visitors as part of the same event ; and together they form the largest annual cultural festival in the world.

The festival gained widespread popularity amongst the general public by the early Edo period, when it became mixed with various Obon or Bon traditions ( because Bon was held on 15th of the seventh month then ), and developed into the modern Tanabata festival.

The laureates of the competition and various well-known musicians sang at this festival.