Music & Religious Festivals in Africa
Tim Best Travel has been sending clients over the past few years to a range of colourful religious festivals and music festivals in Africa, Latin America and India.
"... According to wonderfully pukka-sounding Tim Best of London's Tim Best Travel, you need an expert local guide who knows how to navigate the desert. You need a sleeping bag, heavy boots... camel-skin tents; 4x4 vehicles; two satellite phones; and lots and lots of bottled water. You need in other words, somebody like Tim Best Travel to organise an expedition that would get the attention of Lawrence of Arabia"
- Vogue Magazine expedition to Mali.
From the upbeat music festivals of Morocco and Mali, to the celebrations of the religious festivals in Ethiopia, and the colours of Jodhpur, we have found festivals provide a wonderful opportunity to truly get 'off the beaten track' and experience a country's culture.
Please click on one of the festival names below for further information.
Ghadames FestivalOctober - Libya
The annual Ghadames festival is a colourful event with performances of traditional song & dance. Ghadames is one of the great trading towns on the centuries old Saharan caravan route.
Rajasthan International Folk FestivalOctober - Northern India
High above the surrounding desert landscape, Mehrangarh Fort, normally closed to visitors after nightfall, opens its doors for four nights in October for the Rajasthan International Folk Festival.
Hidar Zion St Mary of AxumNovember - Ethiopia
A joyous annual pilgrimage by tens of thousands of people, "Hidar Zion" is celebrates presence of the Ark of the Covenant in Axum, "...the sacred city of the Ethiopians.", and the belief that the Ark itself is a symbol of The Virgin Mary's womb.
