Glastonbury have arrived in Glastonbury and stuck his staff into the ground, when it flowered miraculously into the Glastonbury Thorn. The presence of a landscape zodiac around the town has been suggested but no evidence has been discovered. The Glastonbury Festival, held in the nearby village of Pilton, takes its name from the town. During the 7th millennium BC the sea level rose and flooded the valleys and low-lying ground surrounding Glastonbury so the Mesolithic people occupied seasonal camps on the higher ground, indicated by scatters of flints. The Neolithic people continued to exploit the reedswamps for their natural resources and
Jacob's Ladder (music festival) Jacob's Ladder (music festival) Jacob's Ladder is a folk music festival that takes place twice a year in northern Israel. The festival includes both professional and amateur artists of the genre from Israel and abroad, and is strongly identified with the native English-speaking community of Israel (also known as "Anglos"). Although the festival's official language remains English, over the years more and more non-Anglo Israelis have taken part in the event. The festival has been nicknamed the "Israeli Woodstock Festival" due to the specific types of musical acts, the easy-going and mellow atmosphere and the particular crowd. The festival first