World is a home to many cultures and every culture brings
along a fair share of occasions to celebrate. Eating, drinking and dancing are
a common part of most of the festivals. But there are few festivals that will
give you a culture shock. Let’s learn more.
Air Guitar World
Championships – Celebrating Harmony!
Ever wondered experiencing the unadulterated rock and roll
and that too, without the instruments! Well, if it is hard to believe for you,
it would be equally interesting to know that one such festival actually takes
place in Finland. The festival is termed as Air Guitar World Championships
which is organized to promote the world peace. It serves as a fascinating show
for people who get to see the incredible performances from he world’s best air
guitarists.
La Tomatina – Mass Tomato Fight!
What else you can do with tomatoes instead of cooking and
eating? How about having a tomato fight? It actually happens at the famous La
Tomatina festival, celebrated in Spain. Here you can witness and be a part of
the mass tomato fight in the streets. There is an interesting tale behind this
festival. In fact, it started as a street fight between teenagers who were
using tomatoes from the adjacent vegetable stalls. Now it happens every year
and within 1 hour of starting this festival, the town is covered in tomatoes so
badly that the fire department has to invade to spray everything down.
El Colacho- Jumping
Over Babies!
EL Colacho is also termed as the baby jumping festival. It occurs
annually on the feast of Corpus Christi in Castrillo de Murcia, a Spanish
village. You will get to witness the new-born babies till the age of 12 months
are placed on a mattress in the street. After that, all the adult men of the
village are supposed to take their turns by jumping over them. Though there are
usually injuries happen but people believe that it only involves the jumpers
and not the babies. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Lopburi Monkey
Banquet – Feast for Monkeys!
The next festival in our list of bizarre festivals is the
Lapburi Money Banquet festival which is also known as Monkey Festival. Around
three thousand monkeys are there to relishing on fruits, vegetables and lot
more eatables including ice-cream. This is a perfect opportunity to swing by
the madness of monkeys. An interesting sight to behold is monkeys stuffing
their faces. It holds no significance and is seen as only an alleged attempt to
boost tourism. Be ready to hang out with a bunch of monkeys!
Underwater Music
Festival – Ready for Subaqueous Party?
