People from Berga (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia) jump and sing to celebrate the beginning of their city's most beloved festivities: the Patum.
Held annually on the week of Corpus Christi, the oldest written document that talks about Berga's Patum dates from the year 1454. The celebration is based on the same elements as other Catalan traditional festivities called festes majors, which include tradicional dance, music, "giants" figures, bestiary, and demons fire dances.
so i bought tix for the Outlaws Music Fest for my partner’s bday (SO FUCKING STOKED) and i told him “don’t worry, i won’t go home w Robert Plant because it’s your birthday.” he told my mom my “joke” (not a joke, but they don’t need to know that) and my mom laughed and said “not a chance anyhow. Robert is going home with Willie Nelson”
Shot at the Vitosha Folk Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. While I wasn't able to gain access to backstage, or a decent location to shoot from due to the organizers not being cool and fucking up our communication (and generally shutting me down bc I wasn't hired beforehand), I was still able to snag some decent shots regardless.
Doesn't matter, because after spending some time shooting the dancers in the city the previous day, I knew I wanted to shoot their performances, even if only for my own interest.
And of course, the reason we went; Snakes In Exile
They were awesome!! 🤘🙌🤘
It was a really chill festival with good drinks and a lovely location. The weather was mostly good, but it was best the stages were all under a roof for rainy bursts :)
Il Sennori Folk Festival incanta migliaia di visitatori che nei giorni scorsi hanno ammirato la manifestazione internazionale entrata a far parte del cartellone mondiale del Cioff (Conseil International des Organisations de Festivals de Folklore et d’Arts Traditionnels), associazione istituita nel 1970 a Confolens in Francia, che è oggi presente in più di 100 Paesi sparsi in tutti i continenti e…