Festivals around the globe

Agencies Published August 17, 2013
People who are not visually impaired wear blindfolds as they attend a Tango dance class for the blind during the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires. — Reuters Photo
People who are not visually impaired wear blindfolds as they attend a Tango dance class for the blind during the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires. — Reuters Photo
Ethnic Chinese move a giant paper-made statue of Chinese deity know as "Da Shi Ye," or "Guardian God of Ghosts," for burning during the Ghost festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. — AP Photo
Ethnic Chinese move a giant paper-made statue of Chinese deity know as "Da Shi Ye," or "Guardian God of Ghosts," for burning during the Ghost festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. — AP Photo
Visitors of the Highfield music festival celebrate in front of the stage in Grosspoesna, eastern Germany. — AFP Photo
Visitors of the Highfield music festival celebrate in front of the stage in Grosspoesna, eastern Germany. — AFP Photo
Dancer Myriam Deraiche is supported by fellow Cirque Eloize troupe members while performing at New York State's Food Festival at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY The Montreal-based performance company is currently performing its production Cirkopolis at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY — AP Photo
Dancer Myriam Deraiche is supported by fellow Cirque Eloize troupe members while performing at New York State's Food Festival at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY The Montreal-based performance company is currently performing its production Cirkopolis at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY — AP Photo
Members of a paramotor team perform over the Breitling Jet team during the Karamay aviation tourism festival 2013 in Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang region on August 17, 2013. — AFP Photo
Members of a paramotor team perform over the Breitling Jet team during the Karamay aviation tourism festival 2013 in Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang region on August 17, 2013. — AFP Photo
An Ethnic Chinese devotee (R) throws hell money during the festive event of Hungry Ghost in Kajang, in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on August 16, 2013. In the Chinese tradition the seventh month of the lunar year is regarded as the Ghost Month in which spirits and ghosts come down to earth. During this festival the devotees burn paper-made models to appease the wandering spirits and offers prayers. — AFP Photo
An Ethnic Chinese devotee (R) throws hell money during the festive event of Hungry Ghost in Kajang, in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on August 16, 2013. In the Chinese tradition the seventh month of the lunar year is regarded as the Ghost Month in which spirits and ghosts come down to earth. During this festival the devotees burn paper-made models to appease the wandering spirits and offers prayers. — AFP Photo
Visitors of the Highfield music festival celebrate in front of the stage in Grosspoesna, eastern Germany, on August 16, 2013. — AFP Photo
Visitors of the Highfield music festival celebrate in front of the stage in Grosspoesna, eastern Germany, on August 16, 2013. — AFP Photo
Tommy Gibbons, 14, sports marijuana-themed sunglasses at the first day of Hempfest, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Seattle. Thousands packed the Seattle waterfront park for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. Hempfest was expected to draw as many as 85,000 people per day. — AP Photo
Tommy Gibbons, 14, sports marijuana-themed sunglasses at the first day of Hempfest, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Seattle. Thousands packed the Seattle waterfront park for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. Hempfest was expected to draw as many as 85,000 people per day. — AP Photo
Participants of the 13th Water Festival crowd on the Karl-Heine canal in Leipzig, eastern Germany. — AFP Photo
Participants of the 13th Water Festival crowd on the Karl-Heine canal in Leipzig, eastern Germany. — AFP Photo

This gallery comprises images from all around the globe to take a sneak peak into various cultural events taking place this week.

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