Here's your invitation to Europe's most festive celebrations. These festivals are not staged for tourists. They are for the locals celebrating their own lives and traditions. Share in the rituals and revelry, the folklore ... more »and fun, the costumes and the commotion of eight spectacular festivals. The colorful Storica Regata in Venice, Italy, honors the fastest rowers on the Grand Canal. Spend three madcap days in Fasnacht in Switzerland. Witness mask making and mask mischief at Carnival in Limoux in the south of France. During the Moors & Christian Fest in Alcoy Spain, an epic mock battle resolves the ancient turmoil between two bloodlines. Party like its 1549 at the Ommegang in Brussels. April Fest in Brielle, Netherlands is Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Raise a stein at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, a festival of rowdy abandonment that celebrates Germany's longstanding love affair with beer. Finally, plunge into winter and drive out pagan ogres during Perchten in Altenmark, Austria.« less
Genres:Special Interests Sub-Genres:Travel Studio:Questar Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 01/15/2008 Original Release Date: 01/01/2008 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008 Release Year: 2008 Run Time: 1hr 0min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English