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Festivals

Organized set of events or activities focused on a theme (cultural, religious or other) that recurs regularly (e.g. once a year) and lasts anywhere from several hours to weeks

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Images referencing Festivals

23 images from works
  • Two plus signs [for HIV positive] separated by a line with two arrows pointing right [for the male symbol] representing an advertisement for HanseGay, 1995, a cultural event by Rat + Tat e.V. for gays and lesbians. Colour lithograph by Langenhan, 1995.
  • Multicoloured vertical painted lines with details of 'Das Regenbogenfest' [The Rainbow Festival] on Saturday 9 September 1995 at the Slaughterhouse [in Munich], an event organised by the Munich AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph.
  • A face with fangs with a fist emerging from a white spiky form against a turquoise background; advertising a benefit festival in Berlin for AIDS assistance. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Pilgrims with roses worship a snake shrine while a Brahmin priest and attendants pray during a snake festival. Gouache drawing.
  • A rainbow coloured background with details of 'Regenbogenfest 7' (The 7th Rainbow Festival), an event to benefit people with HIV and AIDS and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of AIDS-Hilfe Mannheim Ludwigshafen e.V. on Saturday 12 August 1995 at the Mannheimer Schloss. Colour lithograph.
  • The Dunmow Flitch: a procession of people follow the winning couple who are being carried in a chair on the shoulders of four men while others walk in front carrying a piece of bacon on a stick. Engraving by C. Mosley after D. Ogborne, 1751.
  • The Dunmow Flitch: the winning couple are carried through the crowded street in a litter, preceded by a person holding the flitch aloft on the end of a stick. Lithograph after David Ogborne.
  • The sun wearing a headband with a star, against a backdrop of hearts; advertising a Christopher Street Day Gala in Cologne on 7 July 1995. Colour lithograph by Gerhard Malcherek, 1995.
  • Men build the ark while revellers play; God supervises. Engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving by W. Sharpe after W. and F. J. Havell.
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HIV infections - Prevention
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Fasts and feasts - Church of England
Devotional exercises
Lesbians
Gay men
London
Saints - Calendar
Gay people
Music