Halloween – Light Your Pumpkin To Stay Safe!
31 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Old English Traditions, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: carving, darkness, ghost, ghosts, halloween, haunted, light, pumpkin, spirits, summer, winter
Halloween is an annual festival celebrated on the 31st October. For many people, it is a time for carving pumpkins, apple bobbing, trick or treating and telling scary ghost stories late into the night. How fast can one carve a pumpkin?
Diwali – The Festival of Lights
26 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: asian, bonfire night, celebration, diwali, festival of light, festival of lights, fireworks, leicester, photo, video, winter
Leicester consists of a diverse community of 280,000 people. In 2001, people of Asian origin formed the largest single ethnic group in the city, forming 30% of the total population, compared to a national average of 4%. This figure ranks Leicester as having the largest Indian population of any local authority area in England and Wales. For the past 27 years, Leicester has hosted the largest Diwali celebrations west of Mumbai.
Roll Up! Roll Up! It’s The Moscow State Circus
19 Oct 2010 2 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, music Tags: acrobats, big top tent, circus, clowns, fire, juggling, knives, moscow, moscow state circus
Artists at the Moscow State Circus rehearse before a performance:
The Festival Of Dashera – Victory Of Good Over Evil.
19 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: asian, battle, dashara, dashera, dussehra, dussera, evil, good, hindu, leicester, mysore dasara, religous festival, sikh, spirituality
The Hindu festival of Dashera takes place in October in which 10-headed effigies of King Ravana are set alight to celebrate the victory of good over evil.
One Leicester – United Against Divisions.
12 Oct 2010 7 Comments
in Political Events, Society & Culture, Sport Tags: BNP, EDL, english defence league, extremism, immigration, protest, religion, UAF, united against facism
Members of the English Defence League (EDL) gathered in Leicester on Saturday 9th October 2010. All marches had been banned in the centre on that day, but static demonstrations were still allowed. The following footage was taken from the EDL side of the Police barrier.
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