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Where to spend your vacation? (15 photos)
Crazy world holiday (version time)
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Monkey banquet (Monkey Buffet) in the province of Lopburi. Each year, about 600 monkeys are invited to dinner, which consists of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Monkey feast is held in honor of the god Rama, who, according to legend, along with an army of monkeys won over many of his opponents.
Festival of colors, New Delhi (The Festival of Colors) - Indian folk festival in honor of the arrival of spring, celebrating the expulsion of evil and rebirth of life. It is celebrated for two days during the full moon. According to legend, on this day died an evil demon Holika. On this day in each city held its celebration everywhere bonfires are lit to symbolize the end of winter and the death of evil spirits. The fire burned Holika, throw fruit harvest season - corn, coconuts, etc. In the morning people go out into the street and the fun begins - all doused each other with colored water red, green, yellow, blue and black and throw colored powders.
Tomatina (Tomatina) in the village of Bunol - the famous "Battle of the tomato." This is one of the most popular and visited festivals in Spain. Every year it is visited by about 36,000 people. On special trucks to the site of the battle brought "weapon" - about 100 tons of ripe tomatoes. Rules here are pretty simple - you can throw tomatoes at anyone, most importantly, to avoid injury, tomatoes need a good knead. Also, you can not tear your opponents clothes and throw something other than tomatoes, in spite of all the excitement, which, of course, covers rivals. After the battle area wash hoses, participants washed in specially installed for this shower or just go swimming in the river.
Holiday naked (Naked Mens' Festival) in Japan - Hadaka Matsuri or "naked festival", which is celebrated with 767 years. The church is going to Saidaji 3000 men aged 23 to 43 years old, who are dressed only in loincloths. The purpose of this holiday - to attract good luck, as it is believed that the naked man takes away all the troubles, when touched. Participants of the event after visiting the Temple, where the cleansing, organize a march through the streets of the city, where hundreds of people in search of fortune trying to touch them. On this day, as the street is cool in February, and we must have the courage to come out half-naked on the street, the Japanese drink a lot of sake.
Annual Festival The Summer Redneck Games in Georgia, USA, the apotheosis of which is competition on plyuhanyu in liquid clay (Mud Pit Belly Flop) under the joyful cries of fans. Special delight of the audience is a clay rain sheds at all after a particularly loud dive competing in the red sticky mass.
Marsh Zombie (Zombie March) in Boston. The city center that day zapolonyayut being allegedly went in search of their prey. Some of the "zombie" prefer to dress up in bloody wedding suits and rubber masks, others depict the living dead, moving like Michael Jackson in a video clip 1983 "Thriller».
Colombia: International Day poncho
England: Festival of cheese rolling
Spain: riding wild horses
The Chap & Hendrick's Olympics in England. Community representatives Chap and Hendrick's conduct annual competition among gentlemen outdoors in London's Bedford Square, which aims to support and preserve the traditions of English gentlemanly.
Wide Pancake
Ancient ancestor worship festival called Tapati (Tapati Festival) is celebrated inhabitants of Easter Island in Chile. Islanders decorate each other in special clothing and arrange dance. Both men and women compete in the race with a bunch of bananas. Directs the festivities specially elected queen: it must be not only beautiful, but also hardworking. The jury elders counts how many caught fish and weave cloth, each aspirant.
Scottish holiday Aphelio (Up-Helly-Aa). Residents of the city (Lerwick), which is a holiday, make a 30-foot model of a Viking ship (the dragon on the nose), the Vikings dress, lit torches, the procession through the streets, blowing horns in the traditional military, and through the city carry the ship to sea. More than 900 beautifully dressed participants follow the retinue of 40 Vikings and their gigantic ship to the place where the fire is lit. Evening torch procession along the ancient rite of burial of the dead soldiers burned the wooden boat Vikings. On the coast, the ship burned - 900 burning torches thrown on the "ancient" ship.
Italy: orange battle
Ivan Kupala - the national holiday celebrated in the Slavic countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) at the summer solstice. The holiday is celebrated on the shortest night of the year - with bonfires, hopping through them - for good luck, songs, traditional games, walking a birch, fortune telling. This holiday - the cult of light, the sun, all life, at this time, "a healing dew, grass medical, water purifying". According to legends, the night can not sleep Kupala, as this was considered to night time revelry dark forces of nature, from whom did different charms.
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Monkey banquet (Monkey Buffet) in the province of Lopburi. Each year, about 600 monkeys are invited to dinner, which consists of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Monkey feast is held in honor of the god Rama, who, according to legend, along with an army of monkeys won over many of his opponents.
Festival of colors, New Delhi (The Festival of Colors) - Indian folk festival in honor of the arrival of spring, celebrating the expulsion of evil and rebirth of life. It is celebrated for two days during the full moon. According to legend, on this day died an evil demon Holika. On this day in each city held its celebration everywhere bonfires are lit to symbolize the end of winter and the death of evil spirits. The fire burned Holika, throw fruit harvest season - corn, coconuts, etc. In the morning people go out into the street and the fun begins - all doused each other with colored water red, green, yellow, blue and black and throw colored powders.
Tomatina (Tomatina) in the village of Bunol - the famous "Battle of the tomato." This is one of the most popular and visited festivals in Spain. Every year it is visited by about 36,000 people. On special trucks to the site of the battle brought "weapon" - about 100 tons of ripe tomatoes. Rules here are pretty simple - you can throw tomatoes at anyone, most importantly, to avoid injury, tomatoes need a good knead. Also, you can not tear your opponents clothes and throw something other than tomatoes, in spite of all the excitement, which, of course, covers rivals. After the battle area wash hoses, participants washed in specially installed for this shower or just go swimming in the river.
Holiday naked (Naked Mens' Festival) in Japan - Hadaka Matsuri or "naked festival", which is celebrated with 767 years. The church is going to Saidaji 3000 men aged 23 to 43 years old, who are dressed only in loincloths. The purpose of this holiday - to attract good luck, as it is believed that the naked man takes away all the troubles, when touched. Participants of the event after visiting the Temple, where the cleansing, organize a march through the streets of the city, where hundreds of people in search of fortune trying to touch them. On this day, as the street is cool in February, and we must have the courage to come out half-naked on the street, the Japanese drink a lot of sake.
Annual Festival The Summer Redneck Games in Georgia, USA, the apotheosis of which is competition on plyuhanyu in liquid clay (Mud Pit Belly Flop) under the joyful cries of fans. Special delight of the audience is a clay rain sheds at all after a particularly loud dive competing in the red sticky mass.
Marsh Zombie (Zombie March) in Boston. The city center that day zapolonyayut being allegedly went in search of their prey. Some of the "zombie" prefer to dress up in bloody wedding suits and rubber masks, others depict the living dead, moving like Michael Jackson in a video clip 1983 "Thriller».
Colombia: International Day poncho
England: Festival of cheese rolling
Spain: riding wild horses
The Chap & Hendrick's Olympics in England. Community representatives Chap and Hendrick's conduct annual competition among gentlemen outdoors in London's Bedford Square, which aims to support and preserve the traditions of English gentlemanly.
Wide Pancake
Ancient ancestor worship festival called Tapati (Tapati Festival) is celebrated inhabitants of Easter Island in Chile. Islanders decorate each other in special clothing and arrange dance. Both men and women compete in the race with a bunch of bananas. Directs the festivities specially elected queen: it must be not only beautiful, but also hardworking. The jury elders counts how many caught fish and weave cloth, each aspirant.
Scottish holiday Aphelio (Up-Helly-Aa). Residents of the city (Lerwick), which is a holiday, make a 30-foot model of a Viking ship (the dragon on the nose), the Vikings dress, lit torches, the procession through the streets, blowing horns in the traditional military, and through the city carry the ship to sea. More than 900 beautifully dressed participants follow the retinue of 40 Vikings and their gigantic ship to the place where the fire is lit. Evening torch procession along the ancient rite of burial of the dead soldiers burned the wooden boat Vikings. On the coast, the ship burned - 900 burning torches thrown on the "ancient" ship.
Italy: orange battle
Ivan Kupala - the national holiday celebrated in the Slavic countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) at the summer solstice. The holiday is celebrated on the shortest night of the year - with bonfires, hopping through them - for good luck, songs, traditional games, walking a birch, fortune telling. This holiday - the cult of light, the sun, all life, at this time, "a healing dew, grass medical, water purifying". According to legends, the night can not sleep Kupala, as this was considered to night time revelry dark forces of nature, from whom did different charms.
