Photo Roulette Round #104
Thanks everyone for all your positive encouragement!
I am pleased to announce our photo entry of “Lady Leopard” was the WINNER for an online blogging contest of Travel Photo Roulette!!!
Finding this leopard, so quietly resting was one of the highlights of our African safari experience. To just be eye to eye was such an enchanting experience I will not soon forget. Thank you Monica and Jon of We Travel Together for choosing our shot as the winning entry.
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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
- Nov 2010 Living the Dream Animals
- Nov 2010 Skinny Backpacker Road Signs
- Nov 2010 Dream a Little Dream Street Art
- Dec 2010 Flashpacker HQ Festival
- Dec 2010 Over Yonderlust Landmarks
- Dec 2010 Don’t Ever Look Back Beaches
- Jan 2011 ThePlanetD Portraits
- Jan 2011 Travel with a Mate Motion
- Jan 2011 Johnny Vagabond Water
- Feb 2011 Ken Kaminesky Urban
- Feb 2011 Travels of Adam Friday Night
- Mar 2011 Itchy Feet Chronicles The Journey
- Mar 2011 Brendan’s Adventures Changing Seasons
- Apr 2011 Shutterfeet Storytelling
- Apr 2011 10 Times One Piousness
- Apr 2011 Beached Eskimo Learning
- May 2011 Travel Junkies Architecture
- Jun 2011 Destination World Transportation
- Jun 2011 Living the Dream Paradise
- Jun 2011 Vagabond Quest Clothes
- Jul 2011 The Unframed World Symmetry
- Jul 2011 Beached Eskimo Home
- Jul 2011 BackPackerBanter Inspiration
- Aug 2011 WanderingTrader Darkness
- Aug 2011 Finding the Universe Tranquillity
- Sep 2011 Fearful Adventurer Food
- Sep 2011 Adventures of a GoodMan City
- Oct 2011 Globe-Trekking.com Reflection
- Oct 2011 Scene With A Hart Framing
- Nov 2011 Vagabond Quest Silhouettes
- Nov 2011 Hecktic Travels Music
- Dec 2011 Globetrotter Girls Love
- Dec 2011 Man on the lam Humor
- Jan 2012 My Walkabout Winter
- Jan 2012 The Art of Slow Travel Blue
- Feb 2012 Ten times One Depth of the Field
- Not hosted anymore
- Mar 2012 Nomadbiba Sunshine
- Mar 2012 Travel With Kat Local Character
- Apr 2012 The Travel Bunny Street Scene
- Apr 2012 Adventure Crow Spirit of the Country
- May 2012 Food Travel Bliss Evening
- May 2012 Matt Gibson Adventure
- May 2012 Flashpacker HQ Once In A Lifetime
- Jul 2012 Skinny Backpacker Surreal
- Aug 2012 2away Smile
- Aug 2012 Bridges and Balloons Excellent Splendour of the Universe
- Sep 2012 The GypsyNester What the ?!
- Oct 2012 Runaway Juno Sweet
- Nov 2012 GQ Trippin Play
- Nov 2012 Life’s Little Victories Friendship
- Dec 2012 Breakaway Backpacker Face
- Jan 2013 Fly, Icarus, Fly Serendipity
- Feb 2013 Travel Transmissions Lost in Thought
- Feb 2013 Wanderlusters The Natural World
- Mar 2013 Travel Junkies Patterns
- Apr 2013 Living the Dream Your First Time
- May 2013 Getting Stamped The Sun Goes Down
- Jun 2013 The GypsyNester Cheesy Tourist Diversions
- Jun 2013 Boomeresque Revolution
- Jul 2013 Breakaway Backpacker Colorful
- Aug 2013 Around This World Mountains
- Aug 2013 Passports and Pamplemousse Hands at Work
- Sep 2013 TurtlesTravel Dance
- Sep 2013 Keep calm and travel The Sea
- Sep 2013 Travel Photo Discovery The Market
- Oct 2013 Am I Nearly There Yet? Travel Fails
- Oct 2013 The GypsyNester Weird Regional Foods
- Nov 2013 Sophie’s World Trees
- Nov 2013 SHOuTography Party
- Dec 2013 Adventures of a Goodman Ruin
- Dec 2013 Have Blog Will Travel Light
- Jan 2014 This World Rocks Crowds
- Jan 2014 Travel Past 50 Competition
- Feb 2014 The Working Traveller Working
- Mar 2014 Travels with Carole Umbrellas
- Apr 2014 Independent Travel Help Quirky
- Apr 2014 Quit Job Travel World Statues
- May 2014 Nomad is Beautiful People Sleeping
- May 2014 Backpack Me Mouthwatering
- Jun 2014 20 Years Hence The Face of A Nation
- Jul 2014 Two for the Road Into the Wild
- Jul 2014 TurtlesTravel Summer!
- Aug 2014 Adventures Around Asia Candid
- Aug 2014 Travel with Kevin and Ruth Hiking
- Sept 2014 Till The Money Runs Out Transport
- Sept 2014 The Crowded Planet Wild World
- Sept 2014 ZigZag On Earth The 4 Element
- Oct 2014 Travel Addicts Heritage
- Oct 2014 Living the Dream Your Grand Adventure
- Oct 2014 Getting Stamped Inspire
- Nov 2014 Flashpacker HQ Viewpoint
- Jan 2015 Adventures of a GoodMan WOW!
- Jan 2015 ZigZag On Earth Roads and Tracks
- Feb 2015 Where’s The Gos? Street Art
- Mar 2015 Ice Cream and Perma Frost Frozen
- Mar 2015 Journey Jottings Detail
- April 2015 House Sitting Travel What’s your Angle?
- April 2015 JetWayz Spiritual Beauty
- April 2015 The Trading Travelers Celebrate
- May 2015 Street Food World Tour Epic
- May 2015 Next Stop Who Knows Landscape
- May 2015 We Travel Together Wildlife
- May 2015 Vagabond Way Festival
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Congratulations and WOW what a nice leopard photo! Can’t wait to see festivals the other bloggers like…
Thanks! That picture has been so well received. I am looking forward to some seeing some festival photos as well!
Hi Tiffany,
Your leopard photo is enchanting! Love those eyes! Congratulations on your Photo Roulette win.
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.
http://www.housesittingtravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Website-48.jpg
Wishing you safe and happy travels,
Josie
Hi Josie,
Thanks so much for your entry! Spain seems to have so many interesting festivals! I should like to live there for a year just to have a small taste of them. Creating human towers seems like an intriguing festival to have been at. Thank you so much again for your entry!
Best, Tiff
Gorgeous photos as always Tiff. Lady Leopard has some beautiful eyes. I also love the photo below it. The colors are so vibrant and there is such energy. It is one of those photos I would stare at for hours and ask if it is a painting or a photo. Love it.
Thank you! Lady Leopard is mesmerizing. Being there in person, with just us, was so surreal. Glad you enjoy as well.
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.
Carole Terwilliger Meyers
Travels with Carole blog http://www.travelswithcarole.blogspot.com
BERKELEY AND BEYOND website http://www.berkeleyandbeyond.com
Carole, any festival with food is great! Deep fried oreos a two week long festival with food!? Oh boy. I always remember trying deep fried cheese cake out in California. Thank you for sharing and entering the competition! Cheers.
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!
http://traveladdictsnet.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nuremberg-Christmas-Markets-Germany-main-square.jpg
I love Christmas festivals! This looks like an awesome festival. Christmas festivals are some of my favorite to attend, I will have to add this one to the list. Thank you for sharing your photo and entering the competition – stunning photo.
That’s an amazing photo which gave you the deserved win! (Somehow I missed that round.)
Our contribution this time round is from Cusco in Peru. My description, as posted on Trover.com:
“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.”
Image on Trover: http://www.trover.com/d/wrQO-cuzco-peru
Glad you liked the leopard photo. We have also been to Saqsaywaman. That must have been so neat to be there with the Warachikuy festival. Looks awesome – I can only imagine what it would have looked like in person. Thank you much for sharing your photo and entering the competition.
Hey congrats on the win guys! Great photo and well deserved. Great to get your work out there! Keep up the lovely stuff!
Thanks Barney! And thank you so much for the encouragement!
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! http://www.tripwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/DSCN1548.jpg
Elaine, your photo is so fun. How cool you got to attend Rio de Jaeiro at Carnival! That is something I’ve always wanted to do. Thanks for sharing you photo and entering. Best of luck! 🙂
Outstanding leopard pic and outlandish and oh so lovely entries that followed. All are
“winners” to me!
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Thank you! These photos are all winners because they all show people traveling to new places and experiencing new things. This Photo Roulette is a great way to show many different experiences of travel. Yeah for travel and yeah for festivals.
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….. http://vickiwinters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DSC2801.jpg
Ah! The running of the bulls!!! That always sounds so exciting to me! I can’t wait until I sit in the balcony and hear those hooves below me too! Thank you for sharing!
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.
Thanks Suzanne! Photographing fireworks is hard! Thanks for the mini history lesson and sharing this Fourth of July experience! 🙂
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I’d seriously be thankful if you would go watch them ⛰
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