10 Wacky Festivals


	10 Wacky Festivals
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7-13-2008 8:00 PM
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El Colacho: the Baby-Jumping Festival <SMALL>(Spain)</SMALL></H3>
In celebration of the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi, grown men leap over newborns, with full parental consent.</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/BDAE6EB1-D07F-4B98-9BB6-9BA58009B8D6" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Hadakamatsuri: The Naked Festival <SMALL>(Japan)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/EEB1520B-94A5-4A1D-AE52-53899DF9C69C" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"> a type of Japanese festival where participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a Japanese loincloth</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eA4GndABbXo&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Up Helly-Aa: the Fire Festival <SMALL>(Shetland Islands)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/1D677BBD-AE69-4885-96E6-1204E6BFAD49" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx">A tribute to the islands' Viking Past</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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The Monkey Buffet Festival <SMALL>(Thailand)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/9D10DEFF-9D7A-4317-B970-9B2ED9736831" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"> 600 monkeys are invited to eat fruits and vegetables during an annual feast held in honor of Rama</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Holi: the  Festival of Colors <SMALL>(India)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/4D2828BB-0EFD-48A6-8E0D-05DE889466E5" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx">a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Cheese Rolling Festival <SMALL>(England)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/6474957B-B939-4F02-B976-8CF056AD87EC" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx">cheese-rolling is very dangerous</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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Maslenitsa: free-for-all boxing match <SMALL>(Russia)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/2D1882F6-40B0-4946-91BB-24A7119D1C6C" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Tunarama: the Tuna Tossing Festival <SMALL>(Australia)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/129A6261-D956-4DEB-88C5-07000D1F6490" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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Roswell UFO Festival <SMALL>(USA)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/6BADBABB-F204-4D87-A6DE-F5CA6623CB82" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><H3>
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La Tomatina <SMALL>(Spain)</SMALL></H3></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/49EC716B-A7E6-4835-97BE-98C1FF814295" alt="" /></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://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx">thousands of people pelt each other with over 250 lbs. of tomatoes</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/CB5B4714-916D-4D87-B4CC-A307C57144CD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.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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