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    Since 1991 the Golowan festival in Penzance has revived many of these ancient customs and has grown to become a major arts and culture festival; its central...
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    CornwallLive. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018. "History of Golowan". Golowan Festival. Retrieved 12 July 2022. "The Summer Solstice". The Cornishman...
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  • Cornwall Frome Festival, Somerset FuseLeeds FladFest, Fladbury Glastonbury Festival Glyndebourne Opera Festival Godiva Festival Golowan Festival Great British...
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  • created Golowan, a midsummer festival also held in Penzance, though different people were involved. The idea was formed after the success of Golowan, in order...
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  • Mummer's Day (category Festivals in Cornwall)
    festivals of Cornish towns such as the 'Obby 'Oss festival in Padstow and the Golowan Festival which started in Penzance in 1991. The Montol Festival...
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    basis of the Penglaz 'Obby 'Oss that appears during the Golowan festival and the Montol Festival, both modern revivals; the skull 'oss is strikingly similar...
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    catholicculture.org. Goskar, Thomas (16 June 2021). "Golowan: the last 30 years and its history". Golowan Festival. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022...
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    Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (category Patronal festivals in Italy)
    Paul, because he was born during the office of vespers of this day. Golowan Festival Incident at Antioch, a dispute between Peter and Paul International...
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    Piran's Day celebrations since the 1950s and the revival of the annual Golowan Festival in 1991, the hall became the traditional starting point for the annual...
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  • effigies of unpopular residents. Christianity portal Cornwall portal Golowan Festival Judith Jago (August 1997). Aspects of the Georgian Church: Visitation...
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  • (Spain) First night of Festa de São João do Porto (Porto) First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall) Jaaniõhtu (Estonia) Jāņi (Latvia) Kupala Night (Belarus...
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    Helston (known as the Mayor of St Johns) Mylor Penzance, as part of the Golowan Festival Polperro St Germans Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. (Known as the...
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    St Piran's Day (category Festivals in Cornwall)
    many as 'Mazey Day', a term which has now been adopted by the revived Golowan festival in Penzance. The phrase 'drunk as a Perraner' was used in 19th century...
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    course being most famous for its appearances at the Golowan festival in late June accompanied by the Golowan band. Modern guise dancing can be divided into...
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    held by Penzance Library) Courtney. M. A. Cornish Feasts and Feasten Customs Cornwall portal Chewidden Thursday Tom Bawcock's Eve Picrous Day Golowan...
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    be carried. Padstow 'Obby 'Oss festival takes place on 1 May, the feast of Beltane to Celtic people. Golowan festival in Penzance, which was revived in...
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  • Wadebridge. Other festivals are the pan-Celtic Lowender Peran and midsummer festival Golowan. Cornwall won the PanCeltic Song Contest three years in a row between...
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    Midsummer (redirect from Midsummer festival)
    part of Golowan, which is now celebrated at Penzance, Cornwall. This week long festival normally starts on the Friday nearest St John's Day. Golowan lasts...
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    Guldize (category Festivals in Cornwall)
    Survey of Cornwall.[page needed] Cornwall portal Golowan festival Allantide Furry dance Harvest festival AK Hamilton Jenking Cornish Homes and Customs 1932...
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    Tom Bawcock's Eve (category Festivals in Cornwall)
    and Voice of Cornwall (1996). Cornwall portal Guise dancing Montol Festival Golowan Furry Dance Allantide West Cornwall May Day celebrations "Sarah Staton...
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    festivals Saint John's Eve (Europe), including: Juhannus (Finland) Jaanipäev (Estonia) Jāņi (Latvia) Joninės (Lithuania) Jónsmessa (Iceland) Golowan (Cornwall)...
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  • Midsummer festival of Golowan and Cornish cultural events such as nos lowen (earlier spelling noze looan). detailed description of the Golowan serpent dance...
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    Camborne and the Montol Festival in Penzance. Other modern festivals include, Falmouth oyster festival, Newlyn fish festival, Lowender Peran in Perranporth...
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    Allantide (category Autumn festivals)
    also known as Saint Allan's Day or the Feast of Saint Allan, is a Cornish festival that was traditionally celebrated on the night of 31 October, as well as...
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    Cambridge Folk Festival. The band have also appeared at Towersey Festival, Wickham Festival, Beautiful days, Costa Del Folk, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Tunes in...
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    Flag Scillonian Cross Festivals AberFest Allantide Chewidden Thursday Furry Dance Golowan Guldize Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan...
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  • Flag Scillonian Cross Festivals AberFest Allantide Chewidden Thursday Furry Dance Golowan Guldize Kernewek Lowender Montol Festival Mummer's Day Nickanan...
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    held in September 2008 in Looe which coincided with the Dehwelans Kernow festival. The 2009 Gorsedh began on 18 April at Saltash.[citation needed] Michael...
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    version of Little Eyes. In July 2010, the band were invited to play a festival at the now defunct North London venue The Flowerpot, curated by the Communion...
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    West Cornwall May Day celebrations (category Festivals in Cornwall)
    every year in the town. Cornwall portal Furry Dance 'Obby 'Oss festival May Day Golowan Allantide Penzance May Horns eebsite Description of the May Celebrations...
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