Thank you to everyone who participated in this round of Photo Roulette. If you are just joining in you can check out last weeks posts or go to the source, Living the Dream who started this whole idea back in 2010.

As pretty much every host has said, choosing the winner was a tough call. The entries were fun, enticing, made me want to eat food and go to new places. There are so many great festivals to experience!

This weeks winner of Photo Roulette Round #104 is:

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Lance from Travel Addicts

This photo stood out for it’s crisp colors and composition. I love the moment in time this photo captured and that church in the back ground is stunning. Way to go Lance! 🙂  Have fun hosting Round #105. Look forward to your theme.

Thank you everyone for your participation in the contest!!!

Below are the other entries submitted for Photo Roulette Round #104 –

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Now it’s our turn to host Photo Roulette Round #104! We chose the theme: FESTIVAL

We want to see your favorite, best festival photos! We have one fellow traveler who plans all his around the world routes by following either his favorite festival or choosing new festivals to attend.

Here are a couple examples of some of our favorite festival photos:

These shots are from the Tolka Festival in Vanuatu – which if you ever get the chance to attend it was outstanding. This festival happens only once every four years and was such an interesting look into the culture of Vanuatu.

Below are the rules for participating in the photo roulette. Look forward to seeing your festival shots!

Travel Photo Roulette Contest Overview

The contest rotates through travel/photography blogs, so the winner of the previous round of Travel Photo Roulette hosts the subsequent round on their own blog. The new host then chooses the next theme (a generic keyword or phrase) and bloggers submit their interpretations of the theme over the course of the week of the contest.

At the end of the week, the hosting blogger chooses their favorite photo from the submissions and displays it as the week’s winning entry. They then include direction to the new host for the next round. Readers can attempt to sway the author into picking a certain photo via comments, but the author can ignore comments as they see fit. The game is repeated with the winner hosting the following week’s game and choosing a phrase for new photo submissions.

Travel Photo Roulette Rules & Guidelines

• One submission per blog, so sites that have 2+ authors only get one entry.
• Post processing is permitted in this round.
• Abstract submissions welcomed as long as it fits within the interpretation of the chosen phrase. Remember, the hosting blogger chooses the winner, so if they cannot understand the submission, you might not win!
• Please try and keep your images medium-sized and web-optimized.
• If you win, keep these in mind when choosing a new theme: Keep phrases general so that all bloggers can participate. Specific items like “Eiffel Tower” should be avoided but rather made open-ended like “monuments.” For variety, it is okay to say focused things such as “monuments at night” which most of us have pictures of. Phrases can be generic ‘signs’, or abstract ‘religion’
• Abstract thoughts are appreciated, but keep it within the realm that all readers will understand. No “Kafka-esque,” or “Overlooking Creation.” Use something that is able to be interpreted by all.
• After 1 year, phrases can be reused, however new photos must be submitted.
• No obscene pictures or phrases allowed. Suggestive phrases and photography can be accepted, but please keep it within reason.
• Keep the ideas and photos fresh!
• Pictures from your entire portfolio are fair to submit. You do not have to take the photo within the week of the contest period to submit it.
• Most importantly, all photographs must be your own.
• One last rule, since this is a competition for travel and photography bloggers, you must have a travel/photography blog to enter. Sorry!

How to Enter Travel Photo Roulette #104

Leave a comment below with a link to your photo (WP, Flickr, Trover, facebook, etc) and tell us why you’ve picked this specific festival photo.

The contest runs for 7 days and will be open for entries until Monday 8th of June 10pm EST.
Check back here through the week to see all the entries as they come in – feel free to comment on them. We will announce the winner within a couple of days of June 8th, and the winner will host the next round.

Feel free to share this post on Facebook and Twitter so more people can join the contest – make sure to use the hashtag #PhotoRoulette

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Entry #1: Josie from House Sitting Travel

“My Festival photo is from Catalonia, Spain on All Saints Day, (Nov. 1st, 2014), when the Castellers of Vilafranca form human towers. Here they are getting ready with their Faixa, (belts), which they wrap around and around their waists. Faixa serve as footholds for climbers, as they form higher and higher human towers. On this day 3 different regional clubs performed in the major town square to a crowd of thousands.

Entry #2: Carole from Travels with Carole

“The Feast of San Gennaro is held along Mulberry Street in Little Italy in NYC on the last two weeks of September. It celebrates the patron saint of Naples and is all about food–sausage sandwiches, cannoli, even fried Oreos.”

Entry #3: Lance from Travel Addicts

“We love a good festival or holiday. For us, our absolutely favorite has been the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt – or Christmas market. This is part beauty pageant (beautiful teenage girls compete to win the title of Christkind – or Christ child) and part shopping extravaganza (food and gifts). Unlike other Christmas markets or events, this one is actually frequented by locals and its not the made-for-tourists experience of other Christmas markets. We’ve been for several years and just love it!”

Entry #4: Juergen from Dare2Go

“Once a year, usually on the third Sunday of September, the Warachikuy festival is held in the Inca ruins of Saqsaywaman outside of Cusco. It is a colourful celebration of an ancient Inca initiation rituals for young males who have to perform a series of athletic feats to test their courage, speed, endurance and skills. Hundreds of amateur actors participate with great enthusiasm. The spectator crowd consists of more locals than tourists.”

Entry #5: Elaine from Trip Wellness

“I was blown away by the street parties in Rio de Jaeiro as Carnival swung into high gear. This is a picture of a couple we passed while walking through town. I asked, ‘Ma photo, por favor?’and they swung into a pose! It happened over and over. Love Brazil and Braziians!”

Entry #6: Vicki from VickiWinters

“How can I possibly pick just one!!! This photo was taken at the Running Of The Bulls. The runners in this photo are given a bit of a head start, and the bulls come by seconds later…”

Entry #7: Suzanne from Boomeresque.com

“After debating and agreeing to a declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote he was convinced that on July 2nd, Americans would gather to commemorate this momentous event with a “great anniversary Festival”. He presciently wrote, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” He got the date wrong, but not the way we celebrate.The Fourth of July (the day the Declaration of Independence was actually signed) has indeed become an annual American festival and “illuminations” are part of the celebration in every city and town, large and small. Although my husband and I are Philadelphians, for the last 8 years, we have enjoyed the Atlantic City Fourth of July fireworks from our deck in the next beach town to the north, Brigantine, New Jersey. We took this photo of a firework burst during the 2013 celebration.”

Past winners

1. Nov 2010 Living the Dream Animals
2. Nov 2010 Skinny Backpacker Road Signs
3. Nov 2010 Dream a Little Dream Street Art
4. Dec 2010 Flashpacker HQ Festival
5. Dec 2010 Over Yonderlust Landmarks
6. Dec 2010 Don’t Ever Look Back Beaches
7. Jan 2011 ThePlanetD Portraits
8. Jan 2011 Travel with a Mate Motion
9. Jan 2011 Johnny Vagabond Water
10. Feb 2011 Ken Kaminesky Urban
11. Feb 2011 Travels of Adam Friday Night
12. Mar 2011 Itchy Feet Chronicles The Journey
13. Mar 2011 Brendan’s Adventures  Changing Seasons
14. Apr 2011 Shutterfeet Storytelling
15. Apr 2011 10 Times One Piousness
16. Apr 2011 Beached Eskimo Learning
17. May 2011 Travel Junkies Architecture
18. Jun 2011 Destination World Transportation
19. Jun 2011 Living the Dream Paradise
20. Jun 2011 Vagabond Quest Clothes
21. Jul 2011 The Unframed World Symmetry
22. Jul 2011 Beached Eskimo Home
23. Jul 2011 BackPackerBanter Inspiration
24. Aug 2011 WanderingTrader Darkness
25. Aug 2011 Finding the Universe Tranquillity
26. Sep 2011 Fearful Adventurer Food
27. Sep 2011 Adventures of a GoodMan City
28. Oct 2011 Globe-Trekking.com Reflection
29. Oct 2011 Scene With A Hart Framing
30. Nov 2011 Vagabond Quest Silhouettes
31. Nov 2011 Hecktic Travels Music
32. Dec 2011 Globetrotter Girls Love
33. Dec 2011 Man on the lam Humor
34. Jan 2012 My Walkabout Winter
35. Jan 2012 The Art of Slow Travel Blue
36. Feb 2012 Ten times One Depth of the Field
37. Not hosted anymore
38. Mar 2012 Nomadbiba Sunshine
39. Mar 2012 Travel With Kat Local Character
40. Apr 2012 The Travel Bunny Street Scene
41. Apr 2012 Adventure Crow Spirit of the Country
42. May 2012 Food Travel Bliss Evening
43. May 2012 Matt Gibson Adventure
44. May 2012 Flashpacker HQ Once In A Lifetime
45. Jul 2012 Skinny Backpacker Surreal
46. Aug 2012 2away Smile
47. Aug 2012 Bridges and Balloons Excellent Splendour of the Universe
48. Sep 2012 The GypsyNester What the ?!
49. Oct 2012 Runaway Juno Sweet
50. Nov 2012 GQ Trippin Play
51. Nov 2012 Life’s Little Victories Friendship
52. Dec 2012 Breakaway Backpacker Face
53. Jan 2013 Fly, Icarus, Fly Serendipity
54. Feb 2013 Travel Transmissions Lost in Thought
55. Feb 2013 Wanderlusters The Natural World
56. Mar 2013 Travel Junkies Patterns
57. Apr 2013 Living the Dream Your First Time
58. May 2013 Getting Stamped The Sun Goes Down
59. Jun 2013 The GypsyNester Cheesy Tourist Diversions
60. Jun 2013 Boomeresque Revolution
61. Jul 2013 Breakaway Backpacker Colorful
62. Aug 2013 Around This World Mountains
63. Aug 2013 Passports and Pamplemousse Hands at Work
64. Sep 2013 TurtlesTravel Dance
65. Sep 2013 Keep calm and travel The Sea
66. Sep 2013 Travel Photo Discovery The Market
67. Oct 2013 Am I Nearly There Yet? Travel Fails
68. Oct 2013 The GypsyNester Weird Regional Foods
69. Nov 2013 Sophie’s World Trees
70. Nov 2013 SHOuTography Party
71. Dec 2013 Adventures of a Goodman Ruin
72. Dec 2013 Have Blog Will Travel Light
73. Jan 2014 This World Rocks Crowds
74. Jan 2014 Travel Past 50 Competition
75. Feb 2014 The Working Traveller Working
76. Mar 2014 Travels with Carole Umbrellas
77. Apr 2014 Independent Travel Help Quirky
78. Apr 2014 Quit Job Travel World Statues
79. May 2014 Nomad is Beautiful People Sleeping
80. May 2014 Backpack Me Mouthwatering
81. Jun 2014 20 Years Hence The Face of A Nation
82. Jul 2014 Two for the Road Into the Wild
83. Jul 2014 TurtlesTravel Summer!
84. Aug 2014 Adventures Around Asia Candid
85. Aug 2014 Travel with Kevin and Ruth Hiking
86. Sept 2014 Till The Money Runs Out Transport
87. Sept 2014 The Crowded Planet Wild World
88. Sept 2014 ZigZag On Earth The 4 Element
89. Oct 2014 Travel Addicts Heritage
90. Oct 2014 Living the Dream Your Grand Adventure
91. Oct 2014 Getting Stamped Inspire
92. Nov 2014 Flashpacker HQ Viewpoint
93. Jan 2015 Adventures of a GoodMan WOW!
94. Jan 2015  ZigZag On Earth Roads and Tracks
95. Feb 2015 Where’s The Gos? Street Art
96. Mar 2015 Ice Cream and Perma Frost Frozen
97. Mar 2015 Journey Jottings Detail
98.  April 2015 House Sitting Travel  What’s your Angle?
99. April 2015 JetWayz Spiritual Beauty
100. April 2015 The Trading Travelers Celebrate
101. May 2015 Street Food World Tour Epic
102. May 2015 Next Stop Who Knows Landscape
103. May 2015 We Travel Together Wildlife
104. May 2015 Vagabond Way Festival