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The cultural calendar of Cornwall is punctuated by numerous historic and community festivals and celebrations. In particular there are strong links between parishes and their patronal feast days (which are often days not directly linked to official church patronal celebrations).
The Montol Festival (often just Montol) is an annual festival in Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which has been held on 21 December each year since 2007. [1] The festival is a revival or reinterpretation of many of the traditional Cornish midwinter customs & Christmas traditions formerly practiced in and around the Penzance area ...
Nickanan Night (sometimes called Hall Monday or Peasen Monday) is a Cornish feast, traditionally held during Shrovetide, specifically on Shrove Monday. [1]Sometimes called roguery night in West Cornwall, England, UK, this event was an excuse for local youths to undertake acts of minor vandalism and play practical jokes on neighbours and family. [2]
The following is from a contemporary description of the events themselves in 1881 collected by Robert Hunt in 'Popular Romances of the West of England Online Transcript of the original. The May Horns procession in 2008 revival of the West Cornwall May Day Celebrations in Penzance. THE first of May is inaugurated with much uproar.
On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and ...
West Cornwall may refer to: United States. West Cornwall, Connecticut; West Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County; West Cornwall district, Cornwall, Vermont; United Kingdom. West Cornwall (UK region) West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), created in 1832 and abolished in 1885
This category contains articles relating to the distinct customs, language and traditions of Cornwall and the Cornish people. For articles on other manifestations of culture in Cornwall, see Category:Culture in Cornwall .
The ancient festival was first described by Dr William Borlase in 1754 in his book Antiquities of Cornwall: [3] "In Cornwall, the festival Fires, called Bonfires, are kindled on the Eve of St. John the Baptist and St. Peter's Day; and Midsummer is thence, in the Cornish tongue, called 'Goluan,' which signifies both light and rejoicing.