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Overhead view of the Champ de Mars during the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), 14 July 1790. Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille.

Festival of the Federation (14 July 1790) on the Champ de Mars, from a perspective close to the king's pavilion, engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after a painting by Charles Monnet, 1790. Bibliothèque nationale...

Walpurgis Night (30 April, annually) is a modern-day European and Scandinavian festival derived from the merging of the ancient pagan celebration of Beltane with the commemoration of the canonization of the Christian Saint Walpurga...

In ancient China, the Lantern Festival was held on the 15th day of the first lunar month to conclude the New Year's celebration. This was a festival of light honoring the full moon when people would float lighted lanterns on ponds...

Caryatids Ancient Greek Dance Company of Dora Stratou Theater Dancers: Ms. Anah Sari Ms. Svetlana Volkova Ms. Nataliya Dovhopol Ms. Katerina Tsagka Ms. Rossella Rubini...

The pyramids are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt and still fascinate people in the present day. These enormous tributes to the memory of the Egyptian kings have become synonymous with the country even...

Artist's impression of how a Greek religious festival may have looked like.

The Festival of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794, held on the Champ de Mars, marked the height of Maximilien Robespierre's power. Painting by Pierre-Antoine Demachy, c. 1794. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

Fragment of a Babylonian clay tablet, with 16 lines of inscription describing rites in Babylon relating to the Akitu festival. Fragment of the right half, copy of a text containing regulations for making offerings...

As part of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, incense is burned in front of homes in remembrance of one's ancestors and to give a pleasing scent to the spirits as they walk by.