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But we should not lose sight of the fact that these are traditional celebrations around a great religious festival, one of the most important in the Christian year.
Perhaps that was because the festival has abandoned its traditional concentration on films from friendly and non-aligned countries which in practice meant days full of film-makers from Iran, Syria and Vietnam all chatting about their latest revolutionary guerrilla videos.
As well as the beauty contest and auctions, the festival also has contests in traditional pursuits such as camel racing, camel milking, falconry and date packaging.
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Based a few kilometers outside the historic town of Timbuktu, on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, the festival is inspired by the traditional gatherings of the region's Tuareg nomads.
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As a traditional feast got under way, with festival organisers baking enough fish to feed 1, 500, a makeshift community sprang up: an accordion band played under a gazebo, families sold empanadas, Corona and Sprite from the back of their Jeeps, and kids played Polynesian pop music through portable speakers.
End the festival on a high note at the traditional Lowcountry Jazz Brunch at the historic Lowndes Grove Plantation.
All these promotions, including the film festival, are aimed at shifting the traditional image of cognac as exclusively an after-dinner drink.
The whole population contributes to the success of the festival: craftswomen make silk buttons for traditional dresses, fruit growers supply cherries, local sports clubs participate in competitions, and music and dancing troupes animate the entire festival.
"Over the last 10 years we have brought the best pipers and traditional musicians from all over the globe to perform at the festival, " he said.
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There are plenty of fun displays, like the oldest beer keg, an epic painting that graced the festival entrance on the 100th anniversary, and fancy dirndl (traditional women's dress) designs through the ages.
Touma said that many of his traditional audience had fled Syria, and instead many of the people coming to the festival had never been to a gallery or been interested in photography before.
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It also draws visitors to its annual Torch Festival (Aug. 11 to 13 this year), marked by bonfires, traditional dances and a twist on bullfighting.
Naadam is a national festival celebrated every year from 11 to 13 July across Mongolia that focuses on three traditional games: horseracing, wrestling and archery.
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