9 Wacky Festivals Celebrated in the Month of August
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2012
Two months ago we highlighted some very strange festivals observed during the month of June . In this edition we look at some equally outlan...
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Sunflower Festival in Zama, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2012
Zama is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for its extensive sunflower fields. Every year in summer the flowers bl...
Kiev Fire Festival 2012
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2012
For the sixth year in a row, the Kiev International Fire Festival was held in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine, on 25th-26th of May 2012. T...
8 Wacky Festivals Celebrated in the Month of June
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2012
We have seen many strange festivals, customs and rituals followed by people in various countries and culture. Thousands of years of human ex...
World's Longest Yard Sale on U.S. Route 127
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2012
The World's Largest Yard Sale, also known as the Highway 127 Corridor Sale or simply 127 Yard Sale , is an outdoor second-hand sale held...
10 Most Incredible Flower Festivals Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2012
Flower festivals are celebrated all over the world and almost around the year. Even as I write this one such festival is taking place in Ind...
The Pied Piper Duck Show
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2012
Easter parades occur all over the world, but in Sydney, Australia, a very special parade takes place. Behatted ducks in pink, green and yell...
Slindon Pumpkin Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2012
Every year in the month of October, the sleepy West Sussex village of Slindon, England, stirs up to the Pumpkin Festival – a seasonal displa...
Maramadi: Bull Surfing in Kerala, India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2012
At the annual Maramadi festival during the post harvest season in the villages of Kerala in southern India, a peculiar bull race takes place...
Jallikattu–Bull Taming Sport in India
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2012
Jallikattu or Manju Virattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu, India as a part of Pongal celebrations usually on the second and th...
Mass Fishing at Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in South Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2012
South Korea's first area to freeze over is always Hwacheon, where the river's ice reaches a solid 16 inches thick by January ideal c...
Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2012
The 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival opened on January 5 in China, featuring works of some of the country's best ice scul...
Spanish Festival of Els Enfarinats Celebrated With Flour Fight
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 31, 2011
No festival in Spain is complete without a bizarre tradition like throwing tomatoes or running in front of bulls or jumping over babies . ...
Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 27, 2011
Twins Days is an annual festival of twins held on each August in the Cleveland suburb of Twinsburg, Ohio, United States. It is one of the la...
Mass Whale Hunting in Faroe Islands Leave Sea Blood Red
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2011
The sea of Faroe Islands in north of Europe turned red with the blood of hundreds of whales killed by the inhabitants on November 22, as a p...
Cricket Fighting Contests in China
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2011
Cricket fighting is a form of amusement popular in many areas in China. It was nurtured by Tang Dynasty emperors more than 1,000 years ago a...
North American Wife Carrying Championship
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2011
The North American Wife Carrying Championship is a fun sport in which male competitors race while carrying a female teammate on their backs....
Darwin Beer Can Regatta
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2011
The Darwin Beer Can Regatta is an event which has been held annually since 1974 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia at Mindil Beach. Pa...
Burning Man Festival 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
Burning Man is a liberal arts festival that takes place in the last week of August week before Labor Day in the Black Rock Desert, in Northe...
Annual Tomatina Festival in Spain, 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
La Tomatina is the craziest and the largest food fight festival organized every year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. A...
