Archaic Festivals

The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is a "Medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England.

Journalist Luis Márquez investigates the Cascamorras Festival, a mixture of the profane and the religious spirituality, of the divine and the human joined in a curious and different way, and at the same time profound.

Lake Suwa, Nagano, Japan. US born Journalist Nelson Babin-Coy has lived in Japan for the last 9 years and explores one of the holiest and most iconic festivals in the entire country: The Onbashira.

San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. Journalist Nicolás Vega explores the Fiesta de la Tradicion, the most traditional gaucho festival in the world.

Journalist Troy Montero investigates the Gotad Ad Kiangan festival. The annual festival of Ifugao consists of dancing, chanting and folk singing all centered in and around Kiangan, but above all it's about the vital Ethnic Games.

Easter Island's claim to fame each summer is the Tapati Rapa Nui, a festival that is at the same time a test of masculine strength and feminine grace, a celebration of local culture and a welcoming of visitors.