In accordance with the seasons and with deep respect of nature, people all over the world celebrate their long-standing traditions. In Japan the first picnics at the cherry blossom festival kick off the long-awaited outdoor season, while the Scots perform their Highland Games. In the summer the Latvians celebrate the biggest party of the year: midsummer night. The vast wildflower meadows provide them with wreathes of flowers which have magical healing powers; animals are provided with an abundance of insects. This enables the rare hoopoe to breed in Latvia. In the Spree forest region, an enchanting river landscape south-east of Berlin, farmers still harvest the famous Spreeforest Cucumber. This documentary is a visual journey around the globe meeting people who are passionate and dedicated at keeping old traditions alive.

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