Carnival season is here! During Carnival, cities and towns across Spain come alive with colourful processions, street parties ...

Santa Semana – or Holy Week – in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

BRITISH people have certain days of the year which are special to them, such as Bonfire Night, Pancake Day or maybe the FA ...

A FISHING village in Northern Spain has been included in a UK newspaper list of 'essential places' to visit on the European ...

The Academy Award-winning actor is set to headline Spain's Dreambeach Festival, which is scheduled for August 7-10 at the scenic Villaricos Beach. While he's no stranger to performing—his '90s ...

Photo: ANDER GILLENEA / AFP Spain has so many weird and wonderful traditions that ... rites that included the need to wake up Mother Earth every year. The pagan festival, which dates back hundreds of ...

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At least 30 people died in an early morning stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest Hindu festival in India, officials said on Wednesday. Vaibhav Krishna, a senior police official, told reporters ...

At least 15 people have died and many more injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern India. Tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha ...

Wednesday was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...