10 days, 9 nights, May 26-June 4, 2020. Highlights: In Dakar, Senegal, 14th annual Dak’Art Biennale festival, Museum of Black Civilizations, African Renaissance Monument/slave trade history on island of Gorée/Pink Lake/artisan workshops in Village des Arts de Dakar/in The Gambia, village of Juffureh, home of Kunta Kinte (from “Roots”). $3,299 ppdo, $3,899 single. Spector Travel (Boston, MA; 617/351-0111, www.spectortravel.com).
According to a Brazilian legend, a rich land owner’s favorite boi (ox) was slain by a farmer whose pregnant wife had a craving for beef tongue. This led to a feud between families rich and poor, and the farmer was to be sent to jail, but a pajé (shaman) revived the boi and the farmer was forgiven, leading to a celebration.
The Sancheong Medicinal Herb Festival will be held Sept. 27-Oct. 9, 2019, in Donguibogam Village (555 Donguibogam-ro; phone +82 55 970 7216, dv-eng.sancheong.go.kr), an herbal-themed park by Jirisan Mountain in Sangcheon County, southern South Korea.
Highlights for festival visitors include an herb market, foraging for wild herbs, workshops on herbal medicine preparation and having a checkup with an herbalist.
Carnival Cruise Lines (www.carnival.com) announced, on Nov. 26, that any passenger caught smoking in an undesignated area, including in his or her own cabin, will be fined $500, and he or she, and any other person staying in their cabin, may be removed from the ship at the next port of call. Anyone removed from a ship for a smoking violation will be banned from future Carnival cruises.
Previously, smoking violators only faced a cleaning fee tacked onto their bill.
At least 25 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a military parade in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, on Sept. 22. Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were targeted, but women and children also were victims. Two of the gunmen were killed and two others were detained during the attack.
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Featuring enormous sculptures entirely covered with citrus fruit, the annual Fête du Citron runs from the third Saturday in February to the first Saturday in March in the city of Menton, southeastern France. 2019's festival, from Feb. 16 to March 3, will be the 86th.
The orange-and-yellow figures are exhibited in Biovès Garden and illuminated on Saturday nights. A parade is held each Sunday afternoon and each Thursday night. There also will be food and craft booths plus excursions to citrus-growing regions around the city.
