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In 1898, the crew of the Belgica were the first to spend Midwinter Day in Antarctica, although there was no celebration to commemorate it. [2] The tradition of Midwinter celebration is most often credited to Robert Falcon Scott and the crew of the Discovery Expedition who, on June 23, 1902, observed "mid-winter festival" in a deliberate imitation of Christmas.
Icestock is an all-day, outdoor music festival held annually at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on or around New Year's Day. It was started in 1989 by three United States Antarctic Program employees who wanted to host a music festival in the style of Woodstock. [1] It is the southern-most music festival in the world. [1] [2]
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts.
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Dance of the Black Hats with Drums, Paro, April 2006 Dance of the Black Hats, Paro Tsechu festival of dances, 2006 A tshechu (Dzongkha: ཚེས་བཅུ།, literally "tenth day") is any of the annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district or dzongkhag of Bhutan on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar.
On Feb. 6, 2020, five years ago, Antarctica set its all-time record high of 64.9 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius) at Esperanza Base, an Argentine research station near the northernmost tip of the ...
English: The Winter Dance Party Tour schedule before and after the February 3rd, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Richie Valens, and pilot. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Richie Valens, and pilot.
Upload another image HSM-2 Fukushima's Rock Cairn Rock cairn and plaques at Syowa Station in memory of Shin Fukushima, a member of the 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, who died in October 1960 while performing official duties. The cairn was erected on 11 January 1961, by his colleagues. Some of his ashes repose in the cairn. (1972) Rec VII-9 69°00′00″S 39°35′00″E ...