For three days each April, Thailand transforms into a wet and wild party as part of the nation’s largest and most important festival: Songkran. But there’s more to this ancient celebration than having a good time. Songkran is about purification, honouring elders and fostering a sense of renewal. Read more from @BBCNews:
10 French Créole Culinary Traditions to Try in Guadeloupe – Fodors Travel Guide https://www.diningandcooking.com/2014190/10-french-creole-culinary-traditions-to-try-in-guadeloupe-fodors-travel-guide/ ##eats #bites #Caribbean #Creole #events #Festivals #francais #france #French #FrenchHolidayDishes #FrenchHolidayRecipes #guadeloupe #HolidayDishes #HolidayRecipes #Restaurants
Why Are Campers Comparing Coachella 2025 to Fyre Fest? https://www.inbella.com/998546/why-are-campers-comparing-coachella-2025-to-fyre-fest/ #Celebrity #Coachella #CULTURE #EntertainmentNews #festivals #FyreFest #music #UhOh
Filmfest Dresden: Sächsischer Filmpreis für «Saigon Kiss» https://www.diesachsen.de/kultur/filmfest-dresden-saechsischer-filmpreis-fuer-saigon-kiss-3009194?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=dpa&utm_content=textlink #Film #Festivals #Sachsen #Dresden
Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/12/ted-kotcheff-director-of-first-blood-weekend-at-bernies-and-wake-in-fright-dies-aged-94 #Cannesfilmfestival #Berlinfilmfestival #SylvesterStallone #Television&radio #Filmadaptations #WakeInFright #Comedyfilms #Television #Thrillers #Festivals #Worldnews #Americas #Musicals #Culture #Theatre #Canada #Comedy #Books #Stage #Film
Coachella 2025: Lady Gaga Is “Working Really Hard” on Her Performance | E! News https://www.inbella.com/995609/coachella-2025-lady-gaga-is-working-really-hard-on-her-performance-e-news/ #2025COACHELLA #2025_COACHELLA #Coachella #Coachella2025 #COACHELLA_2025 #concert #E_NEWS #E!News #E!NEWS2024 #E!NEWSNOW #FemaleCelebrities #festival #festivals #GreenDay #GREEN_DAY #HIP_HOP #hiphop #LadyGaga #LADY_GAGA #lineup #LINEUPDROP #LINEUP_DROP #lineups #PARTNERAMAZON #PopMusic #POP_MUSIC #PostMalone #POST_MALONE #songs #TOPSTORIES #TravisScott #TRAVIS_SCOTT #WOCHIT
Coachella 2025: desert festival balances the new and the nostalgia https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/11/coachella-lineup-headliners-temperature #MissyElliott #TheProdigy #Coachella #Festivals #Charlixcx #EdSheeran #LadyGaga #GreenDay #Culture #USnews #Weezer #Music
Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor set for Cannes 2025 as lineup announced https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/10/scarlett-johansson-paul-mescal-and-josh-oconnor-set-for-cannes-2025-as-lineup-announced #Cannesfilmfestival #RichardLinklater #KellyReichardt #BeniciodelToro #JoshO'Connor #WesAnderson #PedroPascal #JafarPanahi #Festivals #EmmaStone #TomCruise #Culture #Film
What are Europe’s music capitals in 2025?
What’s your go-to European city for an ideal night out? London and its Ministry of Sound? Berlin for some Berghain? Or Mykonos’ Cavo Paradisco?
What about music festivals? Barcelona’s Sónar? Novi Sad’s Exit? Maybe Lyon for some Fourvière?
Based on the number of venues, festivals, nightclubs as well as ticket prices, a study has named Europe’s top cities for all your music needs.
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A participant ignites a tree-trunk cannon to create an explosive sound using carbide and water during the Kuluwung festival, a two-day traditional sound battle between two villages on opposite sides of a river, Sukasirna, West Java, #Indonesia
Photograph: Aditya Aji/AFP/Getty Images
He Exposed Kremlin Assassins, Now Putin Wants Him Dead: ‘Antidote’ Explores “Rock Star Journalist” Christo Grozev
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Antidote #ChristoGrozev #CPHDOX #JamesJones #Navalny
https://deadline.com/2025/04/antidote-interview-christo-grozev-director-james-jones-1236360957/
In August, Ponte de Lima comes alive with tradition: folk dances, music, processions & festivals fill the villages. A true dive into Portuguese culture! #PonteDeLima #Portugal #Folklore #Music #Traditions #Summer2025 #CultureTrip #TravelPortugal #Festivals
Some interesting #festivals in #Glasgow this month:
- The Festival of Contemporary Art
- Glasgow Coffee Festival
- The Scottish National Whisky Festival
- Counterflows Contemporary Music
- Scottish House & Disco Festival
- Glasgow Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival
- Glasgow Festival of Burlesque
More details on the Glasgow wiki page:
https://wiki.glasgow.social/festivals#april
Let me know if I've missed any!
Meet Pennsylvania's Apple-Snatching 'Little Bigfoot'
The Albatwitch will steal your fruit, then scurry back into the trees.#festivals #forests #cryptozoology #cryptids #section-Articles
Meet Pennsylvania's Apple-Snatching 'Little Bigfoot'
A Balinese boy looks on as mud is applied on his face during the mud bathing tradition after celebrating the holy day of Nyepi, which is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu New Year in Kedonganan Village, Badung, #Bali, #Indonesia. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo
Shōzoku Inari-jinja Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.#festivals #shrines #foxes #section-Atlas
Shōzoku Inari-jinja Shrine
Viana do Castelo 
