Fantastic Festivals Of The World Europe - Travel Video.

DVD. Topics Entertainment. 192 Minutes. Join our Emmy award-winning cinematographers as they take you to the modern celebrations of Spain and France in Fantastic Festivals of the world: Europe. Start your journey in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France with Festival des Theatres de Marionettes and watch the greatest puppeteers from around the world. Next, it's off to Valencia, Spain for Festival Las Fallas where you join the Valencians in their festival to honor St. Joseph. Once you have had your siesta in Spain, it's back to France for two very different celebrations in May Festivals in France;the Medieval Fair in Sedan brings medieval life to our modern world, and Saintes-Maries-de-la Mer's Gypsy Festival captures the gathering of gypsies as they deliver patron Saint Sara to the sea. This colorful whirlwind tour ends up back in the Andalcia region of Spain for Las Fiestas Primaverales with stops in Seville, Cordoba, and Jerez for lively festivals that bring local customs to life. Two countries and seven unique, colorful, and exciting celebrations await you on your journey to Fantastic Festivals of the World: Europe. 4 Complete Videos France: Festival Des Theatres De Marionettes (The Puppet Festival) The art of puppet theatre is celebrated at a dedicated festival in the French town of Charleville-Mezieres in the Champagne-Ardenne region. The festival was started in the midst of world War II by local youth who wanted to make children laugh during those hard times. Today, visitors fill the streets of this friendly town to meet the best puppeteers from all over the world as they show their craft in the city's narrow streets, in the beautiful main square, along the river bank and inside traditional theaters. Spain: Festival Las Fallas ( The Fire Festival) Imagine working hard all year on a giant styrofoam, wood, and paper mache creation in honor of St. Joseph-then burning it in a massive bonfire at the end of an amazing week-long festival in Spain. Welcome to Fallas, the festival that celebrates the patron saint of carpenters with parades, bands, firework displays, and the creation and destruction of fantastic works, an act of faith so strong it brings tears and strong emotions from the revelers. France: May Festivals of France In the month of May, two amazing and very different festivals occur in France. the "Medieval Festival" in the Champagne-Ardenne region and the Gypsy Pilgrimage in Provence. The historical fortress town of Sedan is home to the Medieval Festival each year. Travel back in time in this huge castle complete with knights, ladies and even a medieval torture chamber. The locals compete in games for the honor of their neighborhood in this beautiful city. The Provence region, along the Mediterranean Sea, plays host to Gypsies from all over the world, who gather in the tiny city of Saintes-Maries-de-la Mer and take their patron Saint Sara through the narrow streets of this charming village and deliver her to the sea. Spain: Las Fiestas Primaverales (The Fantastic Spring Festivals) Each spring, the wonderful region of Andalucia in Spain boasts three fantastic festivals that highlight the rich past of this part of the world. Seville, hosts April Fair, where locals celebrate with their version of Flamenco: the "Sevillanas" dance. Participants dressed in colorful costumes build luxurious tents for their families an invite guests to eat, drink, sing, and dance all night long far an entire week. Springtime in the "city of senses," Cordoba, brings the Patio Festival. The Equestrian Festival of Jerez, the most important festival event in the city, is celebrated with every farm or Hacienda showing off their horses, circling with colorful carriages around the city and demonstrating this regions glorious equestrian heritage.