Results for "fire festival"
3 entries found.
🇬🇧 United KingdomBeltane Fire Festival
A modern Edinburgh performance celebrating the start of summer with fire and danceRite · Wonder and entertainment · Power and authority Living
🇬🇧 United KingdomUp Helly Aa
A Shetland fire festival marking the end of Yule with a torchlit procession and burning of a Viking galleyRite · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreChaharshanbe Suriچهارشنبهسوری
An Iranian fire festival marking the transition from winter to springTradition · Luck and prosperity · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Up Helly Aa: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chaharshanbe Suri: Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY 3.0, source
- Beltane Fire Festival: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source