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.

A festival programme is usually also provided, listing the drinks available for tasting and providing a brief description of each beverage.

The culmination of the festival was a display of an image of the gods, usually hidden in the sanctuary, to worshippers.

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality.

They usually celebrate the festival when the first stirrings of spring are felt, or on the full moon nearest this.

May Day on May 1 is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday ; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures.

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.

The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, usually including the 4th of July holiday.

At this festival, priests would kill, or sacrifice, an animal, usually an ox, in order to make the gods happy.

The Qingming Festival () is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar.

During the festival season in Northern India, Sabudana is usually consumed during Fasts ( Vrat in Hindi ), either prepared as a " Khichdi " "( ख ि चड ी)" ( savory ) Sabudana Khichadi ( स ा ब ु द ा ण ा ख ि चड ी) or Kheer ख ी र ( sweet ).

A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival.

A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, that is usually religious.

The Europop song Happy New Year by Swedish band ABBA is usually played during the festival nowadays.

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.

The festival usually lasts for 8 days.

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.

Cudham hosts an annual festival of music, called " Cudham Craic "; usually in August with around 500 visitors.

* The annual Stoke Newington festival ( usually held in June )

Encore performances were usually done at or after midnight, and the performers ( especially on the later nights of the festival ) were among the most popular, most well-established bands in Christian music at the time.

The invitation-only festival is held annually ( usually in May ) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

He usually wears an oversized yellow sombrero, white shirt and trousers ( Which is a common tradional outfit worn by men and boys of rural Mexican villages ), and a red kerchief, similar to that of a reveler in the San Fermin festival.

The festival screens submitted movies from independent filmmakers from around the world, the best of which are usually released on DVD by Troma or compiled in the Best of Tromadance series.

Lula is home of RailRoad Days, a yearly festival usually every May.

, a medieval festival commemorating local history has been held in the village once in every year since 2004, on a July weekend in the summer.

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.

Alcaeus was a contemporary and a countryman of Sappho and, since both poets composed for the entertainment of Mytilenean friends, they had many opportunities to associate with each other on a quite regular basis, such as at the Kallisteia, an annual festival celebrating the island's federation under Mytilene, held at the ' Messon ' ( referred to as temenos in fr. s 129 and 130 ), where Sappho performed publicly with female choirs.

Every four years, the Athenians held a festival called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity.

Groups often join one another in on-campus concerts, such as the Georgetown Chimes ' Cherry Tree Massacre, a 3-weekend a cappella festival held each February since 1975, where over a hundred collegiate groups have appeared, as well as International Quartet Champions The Boston Common and the contemporary commercial a cappella group Rockapella.

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.

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.

However, this depends on when exactly the Spartans held their festival and it is possible that the Spartan calendar was one month ahead of that of Athens.

Similarly, after the victory the festival of the Agroteras Thysia (" sacrifice to the Agrotéra ") was held at Agrae near Athens, in honor of Artemis Agrotera (" Artemis the Huntress ").

A youth sports festival was held on Sharpham Road Playing Fields in 2009.

A festival, the Septerla, was held every year, at which the whole story was represented: the slaying of the serpent, and the flight, atonement, and return of the god.

A " Days of Syn " festival is held even-numbered years by Dymchurch residents for fund-raising.

The style of Miyake Taiko has developed as a music for Gozu Tenno Sai — a traditional festival held on July in Miyake-jima since 1820.

In an elaborate festival held on the anniversary of the revolt that brought the monarchy to its knees, David's Hercules figure was revealed in a procession following the lady Liberty ( Marianne ).

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932 ; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival ( 1946 ), Festival del film Locarno ( 1946 ), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( 1946 ), Edinburgh International Film Festival ( 1947 ), Melbourne International Film Festival ( 1951 ), Berlin International Film Festival ( 1951 ) and Toronto International Film Festival ( 1976 ).

The first North American high film festival was the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, also known as The Chris Awards, held in 1953.

While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

* Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil

A music festival called Gram Fest or the Cosmic American Music Festival was held annually in honor of Parsons in Joshua Tree, California, between 1996 and 2006.

Brian Ritchie curates the annual international arts festival MONA FOMA, held in Hobart.

Hillbilly Days is an annual festival held in mid-April in Pikeville, Kentucky celebrating the best of Appalachian culture.

It has grown since its beginning in 1976 and now is the second largest festival held in the state of Kentucky.

Each summer solstice he held a festival dedicated to the god, which became popular with the masses because of the free food distributed on such occasions.