Regions across the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes have traditional fighting festivals and ceremonies as an outlet for this type of mountain-born aggression.

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Unlike traditional food festivals, the small size allows the no more than 80 guests to rub elbows with their instructors, including chefs, sommeliers, fine food purveyors and even farmers.

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Whether it is being sung spontaneously by rural people working in the field or travelling or performed more formally at one of more than a hundred traditional Hua er festivals held annually in these provinces, Hua er is an important vehicle for expressing personal feelings in a social setting and cultural exchange across ethnicities, as well as a popular rural entertainment.

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Most of the big festivals have largely replaced the traditional fare of self-important authorial readings with discussions and debates.

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The traditional knowledge surrounding Lenjes includes oral literature, performing arts and festivals, in addition to the sailing and navigation techniques and terminology and weather forecasting that are closely associated with sailing, and the skills of wooden boat-building itself.

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Traditional Ainu dance is performed at ceremonies and banquets, as part of newly organized cultural festivals and privately in daily life, in its various forms, it is closely connected to the lifestyle and religion of the Ainu.

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