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Next year I plan to write something on the organisation of a local environmental festival using data gained from participant observation, focus group/interviews maybe and if I’m strapped a bit of content analysis from the relative website and forum. I was hoping some of you could recommend me some books or journal articles on the organisation of ( Read more... )

Kite flyers arrested in Pakistan

More than 500 people are reported to have been arrested in the Pakistani city of Lahore for flying kites.

Kite flying is a traditional part of a festival marking the advent of spring in Punjab, but on Thursday the Pakistani authorities introduced a ban.

The prohibition came in after a number of deaths, mostly in Lahore ( Read more... )

The BBC is hosting an audio slideshow of the 2006 Jain Mahamastakabhisheka festival. The photographs are spectacular and the audio provides a nice (albeit superficial) description of the event including the voice of the photographer Karoki Lewis, and clips of interviews with some of the worshippers. The BBC also has a link to an overview of ( Read more... )

John Roach, for National Geographic News, October 28, 2005

On Tuesday, fireworks and festive lights will brighten the moonless night as an estimated billion followers of the Hindu religion around the world celebrate Diwali, the festival of light.Diwali may be news to many U.S. residents, but "it is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in ( Read more... )

Police in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay) will not be celebrating a Hindu festival after the arrest of two policemen in rape cases.A senior police official told the BBC the celebrations were called off as the incidents had caused concern in the police force ( Read more... )

Storytelling Festival Keeps Mountain Tradition AliveJohn Roach for National Geographic News, October 5, 2005 ( Read more... )