Festival Arena

About Festival Arena

Six competitions use real, individually reviewed photographs of festivals in progress: carnivals, processions, fire festivals, harvest rites, lantern nights and pilgrimages. Name a festival, choose a country it is held in, pin it on a zoomable world map, pick the month it is held, or match ten photographs and names.

The library holds 729 festivals across eight regions: Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece; Western Europe; Northern and Eastern Europe; the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia; South Asia; East Asia; Southeast Asia and Oceania; and the Americas. Play famous festivals, one region or all of them. Countries and months are confirmed by two sources.

How to play

Goal

Recognize festivals of the world from photographs and learn their names, where they are held and in which month.

How it ends

Finish ten questions or ten pairs, exhaust the sprint clock, or make one sprint mistake.

Record

Best score, highest map reserve or fastest matching finish, with time and the player’s name.

1. Recognition Sprint: choose the pictured festival from eight names. You have 90 continuously running seconds; one wrong answer ends the run. Most correct answers wins, with time of the last correct answer breaking ties.
2. Name Search: identify ten photographs. Type part of a name or another name, ignoring case and accents, and choose the exact festival from the filtered list.
3. Country: a photograph with the festival’s name; choose a country it is held in from eight. A festival held in several countries accepts any of them; the wrong answers are the countries nearest it. Festivals whose names give away the country or town stay out. A wrong answer scores nothing but the run continues. Most correct answers wins, then the faster total time.
4. Map Pin: tap the world map where the festival is held, zooming in as close as you like, then confirm. You start with 1,000 reserve. A pin within 25 km of its place, or inside a country where it is held nationwide, costs nothing; beyond that each started 20 km costs one point, at most 100. Highest reserve wins, with time breaking ties.
5. Month: choose the month the festival is held from twelve. Where it can fall in either of two months, as lunar-calendar festivals do, either counts. Most correct answers wins, then the faster total time.
6. Matching: select or drag a photograph onto its name. Match all ten pairs. Each wrong pair adds three seconds; fastest adjusted finish wins.

Controls

Tips

• Read the costume Masks and cowbells point to Alpine and Balkan winter rites, paper lanterns to East Asia, marigolds and coloured powder to South Asia.
• Think of the season Carnivals cluster in February, Holy Week processions in March or April, harvest festivals in autumn.
• Zoom before you pin A pin inside 25 km is free; zooming to the right town saves more than a fast answer.

Good to know

Every photograph retains its creator, chosen licence, original title and source links. Creator credits appear beside the photograph; Full photo credit opens the complete attribution and sources. Opening full credits during a ranked question, leaving the tab or restoring an unfinished run makes that attempt practice. Months are the usual months, not exact dates.

Watch how to play

Watch the tutorial 4:13

Questions