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Unusual Festivals in The World

This document summarizes some unusual festivals from around the world. The Baby Jumping Festival in Spain involves men dressed as devils jumping over babies laid on pillows as part of a baptismal ritual. The Monkey Buffet Festival in Thailand is a feast for thousands of monkeys with fruits, vegetables and sweets. The Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea celebrates the rich mud from mud flats used in cosmetics through mud-filled activities. The World Toe Wrestling Championships in England originated as a unique sporting championship for the UK decided through toe wrestling matches.

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Unusual Festivals in The World

This document summarizes some unusual festivals from around the world. The Baby Jumping Festival in Spain involves men dressed as devils jumping over babies laid on pillows as part of a baptismal ritual. The Monkey Buffet Festival in Thailand is a feast for thousands of monkeys with fruits, vegetables and sweets. The Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea celebrates the rich mud from mud flats used in cosmetics through mud-filled activities. The World Toe Wrestling Championships in England originated as a unique sporting championship for the UK decided through toe wrestling matches.

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UNUSUAL

FESTIVALS IN
THE WORLD
Aleks Cela
THE BABY JUMPING FESTIVAL — CASTRILLO
DE MURCIA, SPAIN
 Known to the Spanish locals as El Colacho, this
festival happens 60 days after Easter during the feast
of Corpus Christi. The Baby Jumping Festival is a
baptismal ceremony wherein babies who were born
over the last year are absolved of sin. The religious
custom dates back to the early 1600s. Men dressed in
traditional “devilish” clothing terrorize the crowd
before running down the street and jumping over the
babies who have been carefully laid out on pillows.
No injuries have been reported, but the Catholic
higher-ups frown upon the ritual.
MONKEY BUFFET FESTIVAL — LOPBURI,
THAILAND

 Before you start to consider how a monkey


would taste, this is a buffet for monkeys. The
local monkey population of around 2,000-
3,000 in the Lopburi Province north
of Bangkok is gifted with a feast of 4,000
kilograms of fruits, vegetables, cakes, and
candies every November. After the monkeys
are given their treat, youths dressed up as
monkeys perform dances. The festival first
occurred in 1989, run by a local businessman
who thought of this unique way to drive up
tourism in Lopburi. Luckily for him and the
monkeys, it worked.
BORYEONG MUD FESTIVAL — BORYEONG,
SOUTH KOREA

 This annual festival occurs in July in the


village of Boryeong, 200 kilometers south
of Seoul. The festival is not historic by any
means — the first one took place in 1998
and it was originally created as a marketing
event for Boryeong mud cosmetics. The
mud from the Boryeong mud flats is
considered rich in natural minerals and is
used to make beauty products. The two-
week promotional event is now popular
with locals and tourists alike. Notable
festivities include a mud pool, mud slides,
mud prison and mud skiing.
WORLD TOE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS —
ENGLAND, UK

 The location of the World Toe Wrestling


Championships varies, but the practice
originated in the village of Wetton,
Staffordshire, in the 1970s. It was born
out of the desire for the UK to have its
own championship in some type of sport.
Just like arm wrestling, two people go up
against one another in each match, which
is won by the best of three. Players can
only take part in the tournament after a
thorough toe examination by a qualified
nurse.

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