The crowd—locals and tourists alike—comes for the Beltane Fire Festival, Britain’s largest modern celebration of an ancient tradition ... with more traditional religion and with the pace ...

The answer, it turns out, traces back 3,000 to 4,000 years, to the ancient Babylonian festival ... between religious and secular aspirations — and between ancient and modern iterations ...

Close view of person wearing gold feathered Venetian mask at festival. If the words “European fall festival ... nearly every culture and religion, including ancient Celtic festivals, pagan ...

This fusion of the classic and modern ... one of Europe’s biggest arts festivals, spanning almost three months between June and August and straddling both the Greek capital and the ancient ...