La Tomatina
La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other. The event has become one of the highlights on Spain's summer festivals calendar with thousands of people flocking to this little Valencian town for this chaotic event. The origins of La Tomatina aren't clear with several theories explaining how Bunyol has become home to the world's biggest tomato fight.
9. Gurning
Gurning is usually practiced by the Girner putting his or her head through a horse collar and making a ridiculous face. It is mostly popular in rural England. It's believed that the sour faces were originally a result of eating crab apples, and the faces were so fun they were made into friendly competitions. At one time, such face-pulling contests were a common entertainment at fairs and gatherings around Britain.
8. Monkey Buffet Festival
The Monkey Buffet Festival is held annually in Thailand. Every year, approximately 2,000 monkeys are invited to eat fruits and vegetables during an annual feast held in honor of gods. The festival provides food and drink to the local monkey population, thanking them for drawing tourists to the town
7. Cheese Rolling
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rollingis an annual event heldat Cooper's Hill near Gloucester, England. People from all over the world take part in this event though it is traditionally by and for the people who live in Brockworth, the local village The event takes its name from the hill on which it occurs. Once a year, young men and women hurl themselves down a hill so steep that it is impossible to remain standing, in pursuit of a seven or eight pound wheel of locally made Double Gloucester cheese.
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6. The Sati Culture In India
Sati was a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed Hindu woman either voluntarily or by use of force would have immolated herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. According to Hindu mythology, Sati the wife of Dakhsha was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre and burnt herself to ashes. Since then her name 'Sati' has come to be symptomatic of self-immolation by a widow. Sati was prevalent among certain sects of the society in ancient India, who either took the vow or deemed it a great honor to die on the funeral pyres of their husbands. The practice is rare and has been outlawed in India since 1829.
La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other. The event has become one of the highlights on Spain's summer festivals calendar with thousands of people flocking to this little Valencian town for this chaotic event. The origins of La Tomatina aren't clear with several theories explaining how Bunyol has become home to the world's biggest tomato fight.
9. Gurning
Gurning is usually practiced by the Girner putting his or her head through a horse collar and making a ridiculous face. It is mostly popular in rural England. It's believed that the sour faces were originally a result of eating crab apples, and the faces were so fun they were made into friendly competitions. At one time, such face-pulling contests were a common entertainment at fairs and gatherings around Britain.
8. Monkey Buffet Festival
The Monkey Buffet Festival is held annually in Thailand. Every year, approximately 2,000 monkeys are invited to eat fruits and vegetables during an annual feast held in honor of gods. The festival provides food and drink to the local monkey population, thanking them for drawing tourists to the town
7. Cheese Rolling
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rollingis an annual event heldat Cooper's Hill near Gloucester, England. People from all over the world take part in this event though it is traditionally by and for the people who live in Brockworth, the local village The event takes its name from the hill on which it occurs. Once a year, young men and women hurl themselves down a hill so steep that it is impossible to remain standing, in pursuit of a seven or eight pound wheel of locally made Double Gloucester cheese.
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6. The Sati Culture In India
Sati was a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed Hindu woman either voluntarily or by use of force would have immolated herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. According to Hindu mythology, Sati the wife of Dakhsha was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre and burnt herself to ashes. Since then her name 'Sati' has come to be symptomatic of self-immolation by a widow. Sati was prevalent among certain sects of the society in ancient India, who either took the vow or deemed it a great honor to die on the funeral pyres of their husbands. The practice is rare and has been outlawed in India since 1829.
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