3 of the Largest, Strangest and Scariest Collective Activities in the World


	3 of the Largest, Strangest and Scariest Collective Activities in the World
hitchhiker08
5-13-2008 6:02 AM
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gathering, group, religious, ritualistic
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5138106f-fe69-4749-9c44-0493ebd906ff/C35788C4-2E48-452F-9494-6A223A901E9E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/" href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/" style="font-size: 11px;">weburbanist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><H2>3 Incredible Gatherings: The Largest, Strangest and Scariest Collective Activities in the World</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/967C44CC-FF99-4C4F-8F9E-9535B1258DA2" alt="Huge Hindu Pilgrimage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/0D2051BC-FCC1-4D7E-B535-897567C5D4CF" alt="Aerial Pilgrimage Photo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/">Pictured above, the <A title="via Deputy Dog" href="http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/08/the-worlds-largest-gathering/">Maha Kumbh Mela</A> is a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs just over once pre decade. The images show the amazing standing-room-only situation that results as a total of 70 million people converge on the Ganges to wash away their sins in the river. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/2EAD98E0-A99E-414A-93A9-48A2FE6C28DE" alt="Burning Man Aerial Photos" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/4BE9EAC3-C5F9-4B62-B367-298165DB8245" alt="Burning Man Festival" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/">
What began as a small gathering on a San Fransisco beach a few decades ago has since become the infamous <A title="Burning Man Festival Home Page" href="http://burningman.com">Burning Man Festival</A> - the single largest art festival and temporary city in the world. Remarkably well organized in its geometry, tens of thousands of citizens/residents/visitors take their places in a three-quarters circle all centered on the central Burning Man figure. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/9E3E0082-9E9A-45D5-AF1F-8343084C236E" alt="Swiss Ski Race" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/9DB7751C-3B11-4CE6-AD6E-998FA3104E26" alt="Coordinated Skiiers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/23DF2C24-3932-46CA-B201-E0FF5AC12635" alt="Amazing Ski Racing" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/16/3-incredible-gatherings-large-strange-and-scary/">the world’s largest choreographed dance - now imagine that it is completely unscripted and on a snowy mountainside. It sounds rather terrifying, doesn’t it? The <A title="via LiveJournal" href="http://drugoi.livejournal.com/2541874.html">Engadin Ski Marathon</A> in St. Mortiz was a 30 mile race taking, for many, hours to complete.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C35788C4-2E48-452F-9494-6A223A901E9E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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