Fiesta

A Journey Through Festivity

Daniel Stables author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Icon Books

Publishing:14th Aug '25

£20.00

This title is due to be published on 14th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Fiesta cover

A journey through human festivity, told through colourful travel narratives set at some of the world's most eye-catching festivals and interweaved with insights from the fields of anthropology, history, psychology, and folklore, examining why we celebrate festivals in the ways we do.


Fiesta explores the vibrant tapestry of human festivity, delving into the extraordinary lengths we undertake to express our cultures and commemorate life's milestones. From drunken pilgrimages to sacrificial funerals, national days to neo-pagan necromancy, festivals represent human culture at its most vivid and varied, and the resulting account is both a rich collection of travel writing and an anthropological exploration of the roles that festivals play in society. Through colourful characters, vibrant sights, and varied locales, Daniel Stables takes a curious, humanistic look at festivals across the world, unravelling the universal threads which run through our diverse global celebrations.

Daniel has the rare ability to seamlessly take fascinating anthropological and psychological perspectives and weave them into exciting travel narratives. A unique insight into the human condition through the lens of gatherings of all description - thought-provoking and inspiring. * Levison Wood, author of Walking the Nile *

ISBN: 9781837732517

Dimensions: unknown

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288 pages