Pageants, parades, festivals books

This volume provides a photographic celebration of Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival. The book also includes an audio...  Read More >>

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A look at the feasts and festivals that celebrate the passage of time.  Read More >>

Drawing on cultural criticism, ethnographic research, and interviews with pageant participants and officials, The...  Read More >>

All Year Round is brimming with things to make, activities, stories, poems and songs to share with your family....  Read More >>

An exploration of the meanings of the Andalusian carnival, focusing in particular on the songs, or coplas. The author...  Read More >>

This book defines the history of fairground carving and painted imagery in Britain, America and Europe.  Read More >>

Fascinating facts, holidays, and historical events can be associated with every day of the year. Organized sequentially,...  Read More >>

This day-by-day guide lists 23,000 regional, national and international holidays and anniversaries. For each day,...  Read More >>

Bacchanal! explores the place of Carnival in Trinidadian society and the people who take part in it. Topics covered...  Read More >>

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It's all happened at the Festival Centre the night Marcel Marceau spoke on stage, the time Rudolf Nureyev wouldn't...  Read More >>

This is the only national guide to over 300 Main Street communities across America and more than 700 special events...  Read More >>

This ethnography explores the Fiesta de los Tastoanes celebrated annually by the citizens of Jocotan, Mexico, an...  Read More >>

An examination of civic performances designed to honor prominent individuals, mark political events, and issues...  Read More >>

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Seeking to capture the romance and traditions of American Indian life and lore, photographer Ben Marra presents...  Read More >>

"Book XIV of Martial's epigrams, the ""Apophoreta"", comprising of poetic couplets, is a source of information about...  Read More >>

This book combines art and social history to present a reconstruction of the Medici wedding and in the process provides...  Read More >>

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In this history of Bayreuth? Frederic Spotts describes the festival's performances and productions, the Wagner family...  Read More >>

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