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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

Strips of wood dry outdoors before assembly into daf frames in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

Wooden planks are heated in preparation for bending into daf frames at a workshop in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

Strips of wood dry outdoors before assembly into daf frames in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

An artisan inspects a daf frame in a workshop in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

An artisan inspects a daf frame in a workshop in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

Artisans work on wooden frames for daf drums at a workshop in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Daf Drums of Sanandaj- Iran

An artisan inspects a daf frame in a workshop in Sanandaj, Iran, on May 7, 2025. The Kurdish city is regarded as the center of daf craftsmanship, where skills are passed down through generations for use in folk music and Sufi ceremonies. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People enjoy beer at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People attend the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People enjoy beer at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People take part in a parade during the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter (C) taps the first barrel of beer of the 190th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People take part in a parade during the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People dance with music at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

A band performs at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

People take part in a parade during the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Oktoberfest in Munich

A staff member carries cups of beer at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES (64) PAYS BASQUE. AQUITAINE REGION. LABOURD. HENDAYE. CITY BOUNDARY ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE BIDASOA. FOLK PARADE AND THE GIANTS Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arles

FRANCE, BOUCHES DU RHONE (13) PROVENCE, ARLES, FOLK GROUP OF GIRLS DURING THE PROVENCAL COSTUME FEAST, BEGINNING OF JULY Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain: Giant Puppets Parade Through Pamplona During San Fermín Festival

The traditional Gigantes y Cabezudos parade took place in Pamplona during the San Fermín festival on Monday, July 7.

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Illustration - Brittany

FRANCE. FINISTERE (29) BRITTANY REGION. LA CORNOUAILLE. PONT-L'ABBE. FOLK CELEBRATION Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Brittany

FRANCE. FINISTERE (29) BRITTANY REGION. LA CORNOUAILLE. PONT-L'ABBE. FOLK CELEBRATION Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Brittany

FRANCE. FINISTERE (29) BRITTANY REGION. THE VILLAGE OF LORIENT. AN INTERCELTIC FETIVAL. A FOLK PARADE Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Marseille

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13) MARSEILLE. PROCESSION OF MAJOR OR PROCESSION OF AUGUST 15. EACH YEAR IN THE CATHEDRAL OF THE MAJOR, ONE CAN WITNESS THE FULFILLMENT OF A VERY STRONG FOLK TRADITION, BROUGHT FROM SOUTHERN ITALY. FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION, AUGUST 15, THE MARSEILLES CELEBRATE WITH FERVOR AND DEVOTION THE PROCESSION TO OUR LADY. THE GOLDEN VIRGIN LEAVES THE MAJOR TO GO IN PROCESSION, LED BY A GROUP OF MEN IN THE STREETS OF THE OLD PANIER DISTRICT, NEAR THE MIDDLE OF A CROWD OF FOLLOWERS WHO ACCOMPANY HER TO AND BACK. STRINGS AND MESSAGES ARE HUNG ON THE ARM OF THE VIRGIN OF THE MAJOR, CHILDREN ARE PRESENTED TO HER, THE HANDKERCHIEFS BRUSH HER GOLDEN MANTLE (AND ARE HELD UNTIL AUGUST 15 NEXT, BECAUSE THIS PROVIDES PROTECTION) Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. BOUCHE-DU-RHONE (13), CAMARGUE, ARLES. COSTUME DAY (PEGOULADE). FOLK DANCE Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), CAMARGUE, ARLES. COSTUME DAY (PEGOULADE). FOLK GROUP Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), CAMARGUE, ARLES. COSTUME DAY (PEGOULADE). FOLK GROUP Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Provence

FRANCE, BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13) AIX-EN-PROVENCE, PROVENCAL FOLK COSTUME Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Luhansk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Kherson region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Kherson region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman in a floral crown wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) featuring ornek, a traditional Crimean Tatar ornament, at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Kherson region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

Women wear vyshyvankas (Ukrainian embroidered shirts) featuring ornaments of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk region and Crimea (L to R) at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Luhansk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman in a floral crown wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) featuring ornek, a traditional Crimean Tatar ornament, at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Luhansk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Luhansk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

Women wear vyshyvankas (Ukrainian embroidered shirts) featuring ornaments of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk region and Crimea (L to R) at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman holding a floral crown wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) featuring ornek, a traditional Crimean Tatar ornament, at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region as she walks past windmills at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

Women wear vyshyvankas (Ukrainian embroidered shirts) featuring ornaments of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk region and Crimea (L to R) at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Embroidered shirts of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories

A woman wears a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidered shirt) of the Donetsk region at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Children in Ukrainian national clothes play with eggs in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Celebration of Easter at St. Sophia of Kyiv

Easter bread loaves baked in remembrance of the fighters for Ukraines independence rest on towels in the garden at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)