"Ghazala Saddique: Lok Mela Festival, Birmingham"
Photographs by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.
Lok Mela is the national folk festival of Pakistan, held in the first week of October. It is a cultural celebration that usually involves folk music, ...
Aunkut
Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Aunkut
Food Sharing at Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Birmingham Robins
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat.
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Boys of Gower Street School, Ladywood, with blacked-up faces
Like the maypole, the boys’ blackened faces were a part of May Day traditions. The day was historically associated with chimney sweeps. They would march in a procession led by ‘Jack-in-the-Green’, a garlanded ...
Brigitte Winsor: Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographs of the procession through Digbeth, Birmingham, by Brigitte Winsor.
The St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham started in 1952 and is now the World's largest after New York and Dublin.
On ...
Ceylon
Originally captioned "The "Perahera" an annual Buddhist Festival, Ceylon." From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Children at a street party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in Dartmouth Street
Street parties celebrated moments of national significance like royal events, the Boer War or the end of World War 2. At other times the street and public spaces became the focus of popular protest and ...
Children at Garland Day
Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast into the sea as offerings.
Children at Garland Day
Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast into the sea as offerings.
Children taking part in May Day celebrations at Knutsford, Cheshire by Sir Benjamin Stone
Many of the boys are dressed as soldiers or in patriotic outfits. This is probably a reflection of the fact that Britain was fighting in the South African (or Boer) War at the time.
Chinese New Year Celebrations, Arcadian Centre
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Chinese New Year Celebrations, Arcadian Centre
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Chinese New Year Celebrations, Birmingham Town Hall
Photograph by Terry Lo.
Cultural Performance
This is a flyer, dating from the 1960's, promoting Indian Independence celebrations organised by the Birmingham branch of the Indian Workers Association at the Midland Institute.
Many cultural performances ...
England
Originally captioned 'The Customs of Corby Pole Fair. Toll-Gate at the Church end of Village (Barrier against all strangers)'. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Girls of Gower Street School, Ladywood, carrying maypoles
The street was the focus of community activities and celebrations of national events. Processions marked special days in the calendar such as May Day.
Lok Mela Festival
Lahori Kulfi Food Stand, Centenary Square, Birmingham. Photograph by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.