drumming and vibrant costumes. It is the counterpart to the Beltane Fire Festival, which is held on 30 April. Thousands of people gathered in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park on Halloween night to ...

Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival returns to Calton Hill this month - a spectacular celebratory event that attracts thousands each year.

About 1,500 local men in traditional white costumes run down a mountain path, lighting up the night with sacred torches, in a centuries-old fire festival in Shingu City, western Japan. These men ...

Revellers have gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching ...