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Friday, December 27, 2013

Top 10 unusual festivals in the world

If you want to seeking novelty for your trip can refer festivals and special events later.

1. Gold Rush Days At Sacramento, California, USA, on the International Labour Day is this ancient city celebrated festival Gold Rush Days again and turns the street  into a scene like in the Wild West movies from the 1850s..
 Gold Rush Days
 2. Day of the Dead, Mexico as creepy as it sounds, is commonly known as 'Dia de Muertos' in Spanish and is traditionally celebrated on 1st and 2nd of November in Mexico. This festival celebrates the lives of loved ones who have died while also reminding people about their own mortality. Skull is used as a symbol of the holiday. People go to cemeteries to be with the souls of the departed and build private altars containing foods and beverages, as well as photos of the dead. This is done to encourage visits by the soul.

In those days, the kind of candy shaped coffins and skeletons, the puppets made ​​of paper filled in shops.
3. Loy Krathong festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand  has an unequalled charm and mystique, whether it is celebrated on a grand scale in a major city or quietly in a small village of just a few rude huts, but for a truly breathtaking experience, the north of Thailand is the place to go. Even from the end of Lent, the build-up starts with firecrackers banging and booming in the night and, gradually, there appear what seem to be moving orange stars in the sky. As Loy Krathong itself nears, coconut frond archways spring up at the gates of houses, earthen lamps glow in the night, and paper streamers and lanterns appear everywhere.
Loy Krathong festival take in three-day , which takes place around the full moon day of November
4. Thaipusam in India: This is the only weird festivals in name against India which has over 33 lakh Gods and Goddesses.  The festival is celebrated among the Tamils were in they celebrate the birth of Murugan, the Son of Shiva and Parvati. The participants go bald and then do weird stuffs like hooking up sharp things and then pulling heavy objects with the hooks. The general belief is that the more you receive pain, the more blessings are what you will get.

Thaipusam in India
5. Naked Festival in Japan: January in Japan is as cold as in other northern parts of the hemisphere. But the freezing temperature does not deter thousands of men running in the streets with nothing but a loincloth on them. Hadaka Matsuri is a festival for ritual purification held in different forms across Japan. In Inazawa, men in loin cloths struggle to touch a naked man called Shin-otoko for good luck. These naked festivals are fun events but with undertones of spiritual significance.
 The freezing temperature does not deter thousands of men running in the streets with nothing but a loincloth on them
 6. The Fringe Festival, Edinburgh is the world's largest art festival where visitors, artists, music and theatre mix together in a beautiful experience. This makes Edinburgh one of the most beloved places in UK. From 3 to 27 August, spanning 25 days, this year's festival will involve over 25,000 artists with over 40,000 performances!
The Fringe Festival originated when some artists weren't accepted to participate in the official Edinburgh's international festival
7. The Bristol International Balloon Festival is now in its 35th year and is Europe’s largest ballooning event. It’s a spectacular, free, four days of fun for the whole family from 8th – 11th August 2013. During the fiesta over 150 hot air balloons will take off from Ashton Court Estate at 6am and 6pm and light up the skies on Thursday and Saturday night with the famous nightglows. Fun activities on the
The event features four days of colourful hot-air balloon displays, attracting over half a million visitors to the scenic grounds of Ashton Court
8. Las Fallas, Spain one of Spain's most odd and crazy festival held every year in Valencia. Las Fallas means "the fires" in Valencian. The origin of Las Fallas dates back to the 16th century when the onset of spring season was celebrated as a pagan ritual. The focus of this festival is to create and destroy ninots(puppets or dolls), which are statues made out of cardboard,wood,paper-mache and plaster. These ninots are lifelike and usually demonstrate satirical scenes or poke fun at corrupt politicians and Spanish celebrities. Many ninots are several feet tall. The ninots remain intact until March 19th, after which men stuff them with fireworks.
All the streetlights are switched off and the ninots are set on fire at 12 am exactly
9. Inti Raymi - The Festival Of The Sun In Cusco Peru: Every year on the 24th of June, Cusco celebrates the festival of Inti Raymi. This festival was celebrated by the Incas as the Festival of the Sun where the God of the Sun Wiracocha is honored. The Inti Raymi symbolizes the eternal consecration of marriage between the Sun and his sons, the human beings. Inti Raymi was the most important festival of the Inca empire Tawantinsuyu which based its religion on the cult of the Sun. On the 24th of June they celebrate the winter solstice, in other words the beginning of the Sun's New Year.
Viewers will be attracted by the spectacular performances of the colorful costumes, music, dance and performances fire to sacrificial
10. Dragon Boat Festival, China , also known as the Dwanwu Festival has been celebrated in China for more than 25,000 years! The Fifth day of the Fifth lunar month marks the beginning of the various events held and also boosts up the tourism industry. Legend says that a Chinese patriot, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Lo river to protest against the corrupt government in the period of 475-221 BC. In order to save him and prevent the fish from eating him, the locals threw rice patties into the river. Ever since then rice dumplings or zongzi are prepared and eaten during this festival season. Other activities include drinking realgar wine and dragon boat racing.
The race begins with the rowing of boats to the rhythm of pounding drums

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