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Category Archives for "Cornwall Festival Videos"

Obby Oss Festival Padstow – May Day celebrations in Padstow

[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-04-at-19.50.02-550×277.png” alt_image=”Obby Oss Festival Padstow” video_title=”Obby Oss Festival Padstow” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpCFHFmAmS8″] Obby Oss Festival Padstow The Obby Oss Festival Padstow is an annual event generally accepted to have Celtic origins and celebrates the death of winter and the beginning of spring and is one of the oldest Festivals in the UK. The Red ‘Oss and […]

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St Ives May Day – Celebrating the start of Spring and the end of Winter

The St Ives May Day Celebrations can be traced back hundreds of years are a traditional celebration representing the start of spring and the end of winter. [su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/st-ives-may-day-celebrations-960×567.jpg” alt_image=”St Ives  Celebrations” video_title=”St Ives May Day Celebrations” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDS2c3HhIw”] St Ives May Day Celebrations At midday at the Guildhall, the Grand Bard and Mayor choose the […]

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Newlyn Fish Festival

The Newlyn Fish Festival The Newlyn Fish festival hosts a Cooking demonstration all day inside the market along with a large range of food stalls selling fish produce. The Festival is organised in the aid of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen which provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled […]

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Helston Floral Dance – Dressing up and dancing in the streets of Helston

[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/video-of-the-helston-flora-day-d.jpg” alt_image=”Helston Floral Day Dance” video_title=”Video of the Helston Floral Dance” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzNfTIKwK90″] Helston Floral Dance Video Helston, 8 May 2008. This is the principal dance of the day and features the men in their top hats and their lady partners in elegant dresses and headgear. Flora Day is a Spring festival that celebrates winters […]

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