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Celtic festivals celebrate Celtic culture, which in modern times may be via dance, Celtic music, food, Celtic art, or other mediums. Ancient Celtic festivals included religious and seasonal events such as bonfires, harvest festivals, storytelling and music festivals, and dance festivals. This list includes Celtic festivals held throughout the ...
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The Pan Celtic Festival (Irish: Féile Pan Cheilteach; [1] Scottish Gaelic: Fèis Pan-Cheilteach; [2] Manx: Feailley Pan-Cheltiagh; [3] Welsh: Gŵyl Ban-Geltaidd; [4] Breton: Gouel Hollgeltiek; [5] Cornish: Gool Keskeltek [6]) is a Celtic-language festival held annually in the week following Easter, in Ireland, since its inauguration in 1971.
Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa (/ ˈ l uː n ə s ə / LOO-nə-sə, Irish: [ˈl̪ˠuːnˠəsˠə]) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
Pan Celtic Festival; S. Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy; Soma Festival; Soundtrack '08; Stendhal Festival; W. West Cork Chamber Music Festival; Witnness
The Holy Cross Accordion Band Attical at the Fleadh Cheoil in 2014. The Fleadh Cheoil (Irish pronunciation: [ˌfʲlʲaː ˈçoːlʲ]), or "music festival" in English, is an annual Irish arts festival and competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkoːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ ˈcoːl̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲiː ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]), or CCÉ, a non-profit organisation which aims to ...
The tradition of bobbing for apples dates back to the Roman times, when the Roman army merged their own celebrations with traditional Celtic festivals. [10] During an annual celebration, young unmarried people tried to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string on a line; [11] the first person to bite into the apple would be the next one to be allowed to marry.