Inspiring Travel Writing About Festivals & Events: Page 11 of 11

Before You Die: Stinky Food Festival | AA Gill | Iceland | Reykjavik Region | Reykjavik

"The Stinky Food Festival, Reykjavik. You can marvel over smoked sheep’s head, stuffed cod liver, raw puffin, pickled seal flipper and the simply extraordinary and repellant buried shark. Besides which, Reykjavik is a great place. You may..."

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Before You Die: Carnival in Port of Spain | Sean Thomas | Trinidad & Tobago

"Experience carnival in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, in late February/early March. Less touristy than Rio, less commercialised than New Orleans, more wild and abandoned than either, Trinidad hosts one of the world’s greatest, must-see, must-..."

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Before You Die: Djemma al Fna | Rose Baring | Morocco | Marrakech Region | Marrakech

"Spend the whole night before the Feast of the Throne in the Djemma al Fna in Marrakech. The soul of Africa migrates here for the celebration, and her Saharan heart beats in time with the hypnotic Gnaoua musicians. Rose Baring"

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Before You Die: Papua New Guinea Highland Show | Isabella Tree | Papua New Guinea

"The Papua New Guinea: The Highland Show is an annual event held in July/August and alternating between Mt Hagen and Goroka. A fantastic, fiesty display of traditional tribal finery and modern innovation (the ‘black and white’ dancers..."

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