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Festival of Chariots 2023
Photographs made at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of a dancer at the Festival of Chariots dessed in traditional garb and elaborately waving colourful cloth around.
Dancing with Colour
A dancer at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of a dancer in traditional garb at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff. The frame captures her through the colourful waved cloths of the other dancers.
Through the Crowd
A dancer captured through the crowd at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A number of dancers arranged in rows with their colourful yellow, orange, and red cloths laid out between them.
Colourful Dancers
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of dancers in traditional garb arrayed in lines with their colourful yellow, orange, and red cloths flung high in the air between them.
Dancers Dancing
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of a number of dancers on pause between dances, with one dressed in traditional garb wearing a long, white headscarf looking determined as she tightens her belt.
Determined
A dancer looking determined as she prepares herself at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of two lines of dancers arrayed in the street with a gap between them. They are dressed in traditional garb and holding colourful yellow, orange, and red cloths that are mostly out of view in this shot.
Aligned Dancers
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of dancers in traditional garb flinging their colourful yellow, orange, and red pieces of cloth in the air as they dance, backdropped by a blue storefront.
Unfurled Colours
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of a person watching the dancing while wearing a yellow T-shirt and pink scarf, sporting an enthusiastic grin.
Happy Attendee
A happy attendee at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of dancers in traditional garb. Their yellow, orange, and red banners are unfurled before them. Two dancers, in the middle of their performance, stare intensely at each other.
Intensity
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A picture of two male participants in the Festival of Chariots, sporting shaved heads with small tails grown out at the back, appearing to be mid-shout while pointing in the direction the procession is going.
Shouting
Shouting participants in the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.
A number of men pulling a long and thick rope leftward.
Pulling Left
A number of participants at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff pulling the chariot leftward.
A picture of a number of dancers dressed in traditional garb waving colourful yellow, orange, and red banners in the air as they dance, here as they make their way forward as part of a marching procession.
Dancers Moving
Dancers at the 2023 Festival of Chariots in Cardiff.