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Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by Billy McFarland, an American businessman whose enterprises have been characterized by fraud, and the American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.
Up Helly Aa (/ ˌ ʌ p h ɛ l i ˈ ɑː / UP-hel-ee-AH; [1] [2] literally "Up Holy [Day] All") is a type of fire festival held annually from January to March in various communities in Shetland, Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season.
The Festival of fire or the Celebration with theme of fire is held in many places of the world. [1] The festivals of fire in the world. Africa.
Within the English-speaking professional wrestling world, the tournament is commonly referred to by its translated name Fire Festival. In addition to Zero1 members, it has frequently included outside stars, including 2003 winner Satoshi Kojima , Kensuke Sasaki and Taka Michinoku .
The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri , which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire. The names of the festival in ...
What is the Holi festival? Often called the Festival of Colors, Holi is a vibrant celebration that involves dancing, singing, and the playful throwing of colored powders and water at fellow ...
Beltane Fire Festival dancers, 2012. Since 1988, a Beltane Fire Festival has been held every year on the night of 30 April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. While inspired by traditional Beltane, it is a modern celebration of summer's beginning which draws on many influences. [67]
Daimonji Hidari Daimonji without fire. Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on