year in review: the most colourful and spectacular festivals of 2016
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A Pakistani Muslim devotee dances around a fire at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, during annual festival Mela Chiraghan (the festival of lights) in Lahore on 26 March 2016, which marks the death anniversary of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah HussainArif Ali/AFP
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An ethnic Uighur girl waits to have her hair done in a beauty salon in Turpan County, in the far western Xinjiang province if China before the Corban festival, known to Muslims worldwide as Eid al-Adha or 'feast of the sacrifice' on 8 September 2016Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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The 2016 Venice Carniva-Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
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Carnival parade at Rio de Janeiro's SambadromeVanderlei Almeida/AFP
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Grande Rio samba school's Carnival parade at Rio de Janeiro's SambadromeYasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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Mocidade de Padre Miguel samba school's Carnival parade at Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome during the Rio Carnival, February 2016Sergio Moraes/Reuters
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Unidos da Tijuca samba school's Carnival parade at Rio de Janeiro's SambadromeYasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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Burial of the Sardine procession on 10 February 2016 in Madrid, SpainDenis Doyle/Getty Images
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Lantern Festival celebrating the eve of the nativity of the Virgin Mary in Ahuchapan, El Salvador on 7 September 2016Jose Cabezas/Reuters
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A young band member throws his baton skywards as thousands of Orangemen and bandsmen take part in the annual Orange march on 12 July 2016Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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Fallas Festival in Valencia on 9 March 2016Jose Jordan/AFP
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Burning Man 2016Jim Urquhart/Reuters
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Burning Man 2016Jim Urquhart/Reuters
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An aerial view of the 30th annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on 31 August 2016Jim Urquhart/Reuters
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People dance on a football pitch to challenge the Guinness World Record for the highest number of people square dancing at the same time, in Chongqing Municipality, China on 7 November 2016Reuters
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Upfest in Bristol on 27 July 2016Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Holi celebrations, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on 21 March 2016Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
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International Fireworks Fair in Indaparapeo municipality, in Michoacan State, Mexico on 2 April 2016Enrique Castro/AFP
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Durbar Festival celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, on 6 July 2016Stefan Heunis/AFP
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Eid al-Fitr festival at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo on 6 July 2016Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/ AFP
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy sells chickens to be used in the Kaparot ceremony in Jerusalem on 10 October 2016Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
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Diwali celebrations in Leicester, EnglandDarren Staples/Reuters
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Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India on 16 May 2016Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
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The Radio City Rockettes perform Finale in the 2016 New York Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York on 6 July 2016Timothy A Clary/AFP
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Glastonbury festival on 26 June 2016Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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A sticker reading 'I'm in' is left in the mud at Glastonbury on 24 June, 2016Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
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Children from the Suri tribe pose in Ethiopia's southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish on 25 September 2016. The Suri are a pastoralist Nilotic ethnic group in EthiopiaCarl de Souza/AFP
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Notting Hill Carnival in London on 28 August 2016 Jack Taylor/Getty Images
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Shankill estate in Belfast on 12 July 2016Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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Baker Magadma, a member of Palestinian sports group Bar Palestine, performs on the street in Gaza City, on 3 June 2016Mohammed Abed/AFP
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Oktoberfest on 17 September 2016Michaela Rehle/Reuters
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Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on 18 September 2016Joerg Koch/Getty Images
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All Saints Day in a cemetery in Manila on 1 November 2016Dondi Tawato/Getty Images
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Corban Festival in Turpan County. Also known as Eid al-Adha the 'feast of the sacrifice' is celebrated by ethnic Uighur Muslims across Xinjiang, the far-western region of China bordering Central Asia on 13 September 2016Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Jinyuan Opera Company at the Dongyue Temple in Cangshan on 2 May 2016Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca on 14 September 2016Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
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Chhat Puja in Kolkata on 7 November 2016Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
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Ethiopia's southern Omo Valley region near Kibbish on 25 September 2016Carl de Souza/AFP
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Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 November 2016Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
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Annual Afropunk Music festival in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on 27 August 2016Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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Miao ethnic minority in Jianhe county, Guizhou Province, China on 14 August 2016Reuters
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Day of the Dead celebrations in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on 1 November 2016Mariana Bazo/Reuters
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A devotee offers oil lamps on top of his body during the Hindu festival of Dashain in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on 11 October 2016Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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An Iranian pilgrim recite prayers outside the Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas shrines in Kerbala on 11 September 2016Alaa Al-Marjani/ Reuters
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A woman paints henna on bride Hudo Omar's feet in Mogadishu's Rajo camp on 23 August 2016Feisal Omar/ Reuters
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Tomatina festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia on 31 August 2016Biel Alino/AFP
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Tomatina festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia on 31 August 2016Biel Alino/AFP
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Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower called 'castell' during a biannual competition in Tarragona city, Spain on 2 October 2016Albert Gea/Reuters
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