The pause you can hear after the word "me" is important. He is saying "Can you tell me? What festival is this?" It could be written "Can you tell me ... What festival is this?"
"Can you tell me?" is a way of saying "Can you tell me something?" before going on to explain what the question actually is. The normal word order without the pause would be "Can you tell me what festival this is?"

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