Festivities around the world

Published February 3, 2013
Filipino dancers perform the Binasuan, a dance using glasses with liquid, during the Pasinaya Festival in Manila on February 3, 2013.  The Cultural Center of the Philippines held one day multi-arts festival as thousands of artists from dance, music, theater, visual arts, literature and cinema took part in the festivities. -Photo by AFP
Filipino dancers perform the Binasuan, a dance using glasses with liquid, during the Pasinaya Festival in Manila on February 3, 2013. The Cultural Center of the Philippines held one day multi-arts festival as thousands of artists from dance, music, theater, visual arts, literature and cinema took part in the festivities. -Photo by AFP
A bookseller checks his comic books on shelves on the last day during the Comic book festival of Angouleme on February 3, 2013 in Agouleme, western France. -Photo by AFP
A bookseller checks his comic books on shelves on the last day during the Comic book festival of Angouleme on February 3, 2013 in Agouleme, western France. -Photo by AFP
French conductor Fay?al Karoui performs Maurice Ravel's Bolero with the "Orchestre Lamoureux", as part of the "Folle Journee" music festival at the Cite des Congres in Nantes, France.
French conductor Fay?al Karoui performs Maurice Ravel's Bolero with the "Orchestre Lamoureux", as part of the "Folle Journee" music festival at the Cite des Congres in Nantes, France.
An Indian Hindu Sadhu plays a traditional snake-shaped musical instrument at his camp during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad.  The Kumbh Mela in the town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
An Indian Hindu Sadhu plays a traditional snake-shaped musical instrument at his camp during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad. The Kumbh Mela in the town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
A performer smiles as she awaits their turn to dance during the Pasinaya CCP Open House Festival 2013, a multi-arts shows from music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film, and literature focusing on Chinese Filipino arts and culture, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila. -Photo by Reuters
A performer smiles as she awaits their turn to dance during the Pasinaya CCP Open House Festival 2013, a multi-arts shows from music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film, and literature focusing on Chinese Filipino arts and culture, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila. -Photo by Reuters
John Verheul and his son Xavier walk through a tunnel of 1,300 lanterns on display at Winterlude festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The lantern garden commemorates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea.  -Photo by AP
John Verheul and his son Xavier walk through a tunnel of 1,300 lanterns on display at Winterlude festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The lantern garden commemorates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea. -Photo by AP

From festivals celebrating diplomatic relations to comic books, here is a round-up of festivals happening all over the world on Sunday, February 3, 2013. -Photos by agencies

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