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Ati-Atihan Festival in Calibo

The most popular holiday in the Philippines celebrates glorious episodes of the distant past with a colorful carnival procession.

Elise Bogisich

August 21, 2021October 22, 2021

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Carnival in Goa

Sunny Goa meets the most carefree and colorful holiday of winter.

Elise Bogisich

November 4, 2020October 22, 2021

Carnival is one of the most popular and colorful varieties of traditional festivals in the world. Originally a purely religious celebration, today carnival has absorbed a whole range of ancient and modern influences, becoming synonymous with a truly extraordinary celebration. Carnival traditions include mass street celebrations with noisy processions, circus and theater elements. Carnival allowed people to go beyond the ordinary – to plunge into a world of sensual pleasures and abundance. The main feature of carnival was the rich use of masks from the folklore arsenal. The carnival masquerade allowed its participants not only to change beyond recognition, but also to become a participant of the mesmerizing action, built according to the canons of ancient mysteries.

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