Beyond acting as an ingredient in pies, bread and spiced lattes, people country-wide have found strange but creative uses for the seasonal squash.
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09 October 2012
In the last decade or so, Bavaria’s beer tents have become reminiscent of scenes of the past, with women sporting the hottest new dirndls and men donning their best lederhosen.
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27 September 2012
In the small town of Seward, Independence Day is celebrated with a 3,000ft scramble up a mountain in the United States’ oldest trail race.
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04 July 2012
Rebild National Park, in northern Denmark, has been holding the largest Fourth of July celebration outside of the United States since 1912.
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03 July 2012
The Cheung Chau Bun Festival is an annual springtime rite characterized by parades, performances -- and thousands of hunks of steamed dough.
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27 April 2012
On 28 April, offbeat and unusual locations across the globe have their day of recognition.
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23 April 2012
Hot Springs, Arkansas, holds its annual St Patrick’s Day procession on the 98ft-long Bridge Street, named the “world’s shortest street in everyday use”.
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13 March 2012
Every 25 January, dinners, dances, poetry recitals and a dram or two of Scotch whisky in honour of Scotland’s greatest poet.
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24 January 2012
The 14 January event started as a competition for throwing a fruitcake as far as possible, but has evolved to include more sophisticated methods of hurling baked goods.
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03 January 2012
The start of a new year is a time for rejoicing, fresh beginnings and optimism about the future. Tour the world’s celebrations, from firework displays to icy dips in the ocean.
30 December 2011
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