(Izdošanas datums: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Lund University Press,Sweden, ISBN-13: 9789198557862)
Based on more than thirty years fieldwork, this book aims to increase the understanding of music played on elaborate wooden floats which form vital components in Japanese festivals with a religious dimension. The focus is on float-festivals in Aichi...Lasīt vairāk
Bestselling authors Andres Engracia and Selena Moon take us on a fabulous journey through festivals, ceremonies and folklore. Spanning rich traditions as extraordinary and diverse as the Mexican Day of the Dead, Burning Man festival, the feast of...Lasīt vairāk
From radical roots in the Sixties, outdoor arts have grown to become an essential part of nation-defining celebrations. At the forefront of the sector is Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, which has been lighting up lives and filling histor...Lasīt vairāk
A journey through human festivity, told through colourful travel narratives set at some of the worlds most eye-catching festivals and interweaved with insights from the fields of anthropology, history, psychology, and folklore, examining why we cel...Lasīt vairāk
The BBC Proms Guide is the official companion to the worlds greatest classical music festival. The BBC Proms is the worlds biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. Held every su...Lasīt vairāk
The origins of many Scottish festivals, such as Beltane and Halloween, lie deep in the pagan past, and although the significance of many festivals may now be long forgotten, they have continued to evolve and evolve to satisfy the needs of the time.I...Lasīt vairāk
Bridging together architecture and festival, ritual and community, past and present, Architecture and Cultural Continuity provides an interdisciplinary philosophical framework for evaluating architecture as experience rather than uniquely form. Util...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Oct-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781803998480)
The Little Book of Hogmanay is a feast of information exploring the history, folklore, tales, customs, food, drink and celebrations of Hogmanay....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Five Continents Editions, ISBN-13: 9791254600719)
Published to accompany a stunning exhibition at the McCord Stewart Museum. Montreal from 14 November 2024 to 17 August 2025A century and a half ago, extravagant costume balls and skating carnivals were the pinnacle of societys ent...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Jul-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The Arden Shakespeare, ISBN-13: 9781350380806)
A full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America, this volume divides the Festivals history into three periods, beginning with the foundation of the company, moving through its ye...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jun-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781788842570)
The culmination of a 30-year photographic journey, Glastonbury presents over 120 incredible, behind-the-scenes photographs of the largest performing arts festival in the world....Lasīt vairāk
The essays in this collection are the participant observations of performers and attendees of Woodstock and related festivals, and also the reflections of cultural historians on aspects of the festival, its representation, and its ambiguous legacy....Lasīt vairāk
This book celebrates and builds on Alan Clarke (1956-2021) and Allan Jepsons 2015 book Exploring Community Festivals and Events . It showcases how far the study of community festivals and events has come in the intervening years, and in so doing it...Lasīt vairāk
