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Other modern festivals include, Falmouth oyster festival, Newlyn fish festival, Lowender Peran in Perranporth, Dehwelans Kernow and many more. In Moonta , South Australia, the Kernewek Lowender ( Cornish for "Cornish happiness") is the largest Cornish festival in the world and attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Guldize, Gooldize (sometimes Dicklydize or Nickly Thize) is the harvest festival of the Cornish people. Guldize is an anglicization of Cornish Gool dheys "the feast of ricks" (i.e., grain stacks). The festival was held at the end of the wheat harvest and took the form of a vast feast usually around the time of the autumnal equinox.
The annual Allihies Festival traditionally takes place on 15 August. It usually features horse racing - a practice probably dating from the time of more widespread use of horses and ponies in the copper mining industry. [citation needed] It takes place in a setting between the ocean and the surrounding mountains. The festivities now extend ...
Cornish players are regular participants in inter-Celtic festivals, and Cornwall itself has several lively inter-Celtic festivals such as Perranporth's folk festival, Lowender Peran. [32] Cornish Celtic music is a relatively large phenomenon given the size of the region. A recent tally found over 100 bands playing mostly or entirely Cornish ...
The International Pasty Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional del Paste) is an annual festival celebrating the pasty that has been held in Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico since 2009. Pasties (known locally as pastes), were introduced to the region by Cornish miners in the 19th century and are still made by their descendants. Traditional ...
Cornish Metals has previously said it hopes to get South Crofty back into production as early as 2026. Follow BBC Cornwall on X , Facebook and Instagram . Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co ...
The following category is for Cornish festivals, or festivals focused on Cornish culture. See Category:Festivals in Cornwall for festivals by location, not culture. Pages in category "Cornish festivals"
The Montol Festival has been held in the town since 2007 and is a revival of different traditional mid winter customs. Montol means solstice in Cornish and coincides with the winter solstice.