Transcript Most bizarre festivals in the World

Most bizarre
festivals in the
World
Festival of oranges in
Amsterdam
Queen's Day in
Holland is celebrated
on 30 April, and
orange is the color of
the royal family. Then
their streets, parks
and squares are
transformed into a sea
of orange. It is
advisable to wear
orange clothes on this
day because it's one
big orange party.
Songkran Water Festival,
Thailand
Every year in April,
May Shan Thai
city, the festival is
held, which
symbolizes inner
purification. For
this purpose came
into use any water
sprayers, guns,
buckets, etc.
The festival of colors in
India
Holly Festival, also
called the festival of
colors, is the most
vivid and colorful
celebration of spring.
It symbolizes the
triumph of 'good' over
'evil'. According to
legend, on this day is
the evil demon killed
Holik.
El Kolacho festival in Spain
One of the
strangest
holidays, during
which men
dressed as devils
jump newborn
babies to rid them
of evil spirits, if
you hide them.
Tomatina festival in Spain
This festival is held in
late August when the
tomatoes are ripe now.
Then people from around
the world gather Bunyol
Spanish city to
participate in the crazy
battle with tons of ripe
tomatoes.
Tomato Festival was
inscribed in the
"Guinness" as the
biggest battle with food.
The festival in honor of Saint
Fermin
Another crazy
Spanish-racing
tradition with the
bulls in Pamplona.
The festival is
famous. Participants
in the ceremony run a
certain route racing
with bulls. The goal is
to reach out to the
local arena, where it
is assumed that they
are saved, at least
until next year.
Festival of the steel phallus in
Japan
And there is such a
festival. It takes place
around the local
temple, which years
ago was very popular
among prostitutes who
wished to pray against
diseases transmitted
sexually.
Nowadays the festival
is used to raise funds
to support research to
cure AIDS.
Festival-Monkey feast,
Thailand
The festival is a party, organized
specially for macaques. These
monkeys are very greedy and steal
food to people, even if left
unattended moment. That's why in
1989. residents of Lopburi decided
that the best - the best way to deal
with small intruders to understand
them. And they decided to settle
their feast. So every year in the
temple Phra Sam Yot shackles of
monkeys they take their favorite
things - peanuts, cucumbers,
bananas and other goodies.
Nyepi - the day of silence in
Bali
It takes place on the day of
the New Year in Bali. It is a
day of reckoning, which
prohibit lights, TV, radio,
sex, talk, and all stay in
their homes.
Nyepi Day is followed by a
series of purification rituals,
including washing all the
pieces of the temples and
expelling evil spirits by
burning carnival dolls.
Throwing babies, Solapur,
India
The ritual, which is
performed by Muslims
in the western parts
of India half a
millennium, is
throwing babies from
15 m height on sheet
crucified. So consider
that children will grow
up healthy and
strong.
The End
By: Kristina Vasileva, XIIa class 2012-2013