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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Festival – Cleveland, Ohio – My Experience

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on July 10, 2021, but I first attended this festival in 2018, when I accidentally arrived too early for the festival, but was able to walk in the procession. You can read about that experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-festival/ **** It was a beautiful summer … Read more

Russian Maslenitsa-Pancake Festival – Cleveland, Ohio – My Experience

This post documents my experience on March 1, 2020. Just before Eastern Orthodox churches entered the Lenten season… …Cleveland’s Russian community came together at the Russian Cultural Garden of Cleveland… …to celebrate Maslenitsa… …a holiday of pagan origin that bids farewell to Lady Maslenitsa, representative of the winter… …and hello … Read more

Preston County Buckwheat Festival Review – Kingwood, West Virginia – September 28, 2019

In the city of Kingwood, West Virginia… …the Preston County Buckwheat Festival was a multi-faceted celebration. Right off the bat, the festival came off as huge carnival with plenty of rides… …fun houses… …attractions… …games… …and carnival grub. Then, within the structures that bordered part of the carnival… …it began … Read more

22.) Howell Melon Festival Review – Howell, Michigan – August 27, 2019

On the Howell Carnegie Library lawn… …the Rotary Club of Howell was selling something rather special and delicious… …ice cream made from official Howell melons… …in celebration of their annual Melon Festival. The Melon Festival took place in downtown Howell, with the majority running along W. Grand River Avenue… …where … Read more