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109 Of The Craziest Festivals Around The World That Bring People Together
The world is full of fun and crazy people, and these summer festivals are a solid proof. This list features some of the craziest, messiest or most colorful art festivals and national holidays ever, which have gathered millions of people from all around the world.
From mass food fights, such as grape throwing celebration in Australia and a tomato fight in Spain, to an underwater music festival or baby jumping fiesta, and an awe-inspiring light festival there is something for everyone.
International festivals can offer you extraordinary experiences and help you get to know a new country. If you are planning your holidays, be sure to check if the countries you're visiting have any festivals or national days in the schedule. If you know of any festivals that absolutely must be seen to be believed, then add them to this list and vote for your favorites!
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#1
Yi Peng Lantern Festival (Thailand)
JenicaBock 10 years ago
this came 1st... no Repunzel. No Tangled - just Thai
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ArthurToporovsky 10 years ago
It is very beautiful, but the lanterns have a tendency to kill wild birds.
EightMilesfromHome(JmayelSachaEl-haj) 10 years ago
I've been to this festival twice now. It really is an amazing sight. Made a cool video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzck0WLqXM
EwaK 10 years ago
such thing should be banned or those lanterns bulid fully from biodegradable, nontoxic materials!
NititornPariyanont 10 years ago
Now it's been banned by law in thailand. But Thai northern people still run this festival.the worst case is the lanterns fall down on a roof
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#2
Ágitagueda Art Festival (Portugal)
#3
Holi Color Festival (India)
Bobcatthing 10 years ago
YASSS i have finally find a festival messy enough to suit me!!!! :D all i need to do is ask my parents for a ticket to india...
BooyakashaPrime 10 years ago
Or the nearest country with an Indian community. India is best for the original thing though. ^_^
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PoppyPetal 10 years ago
but these photos aren't actually taken in India? This festival is meanwhile running in so many countries around the globe!
#4
Winter Light Festival (Japan)
PinkBubble 10 years ago
How about holding hands with your partner and watching it while its damn cold ♥
#5
Cherry Blossom Lantern Festival (Japan)
#6
Golden Retriever Festival In Scotland
#7
Mohácsi Busójárás - Winter Scareaway Festival (Hungary)
Final score:
174points
GeorgiDimitrov 10 years ago
We have the same festival here in Bulgaria. We call them Kukeri. =)
BibiBalla-Hegyvári 10 years ago
But Hungarian Busójárás is the original one,it has an about 500 year old story :)
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Floating Lanterns Festival In Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)
#9
The International Highline Meeting Festival, Monte Piana (Italy)
#11
Sapporo Snow Festival (Japan)
#12
Dia De Los Muertos Festival (Originated In Mexico)
SharimAtilano 10 years ago
Why is this the only one that says "originated in" it should just say Mexico, it's a Mexican festival!
ViktorijaG. 10 years ago
Yes, it is! This festival is also celebrated everywhere with a Latino populiation (including LA, California).These photos are taken in LA :)
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#13
Burning Man Festival, Nevada (USA)
Bobcatthing 10 years ago
That's really cool... but isn't that adding carbon to the world.... Greenhouse effect??? (Nerdy hint, Nerdy hint)
WilliamBaroo 10 years ago
BM is the most amazing 'festival' on this list. Not many things in life are literally indescribable even after you experience them. This is that.
mycatisstan 10 years ago
It's not a religious festival. But yeah, it is a festival...
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AndreaGuerrini 10 years ago
F**k that! Then close your computer because the only manufacture of it is creating much more pollution EVERY DAY! BM is a truly amazingthing
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The Fuji Shibazakura Festival (Japan)
GarrettNouchi 10 years ago
Its a lot bigger than that but basically its like 5 football fields worth of misc flowers that all bloom at the same time
#15
Songkran Water Festival (Thailand)
laurenpaintsthesunred 10 years ago
Love how they continually stab the elephant with a metal poker to get it to do what they want. Really beautiful...not!
gaz 10 years ago
The Thais venerate their elephants no metal pokers. Been there seen that got wet.
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MaryannBowman 10 years ago
Poor elephant ....look at the guy on the elephants back ..he's got a metal hook that he hits the elephant with not nice photo
BarbaraConover 10 years ago
OK bad clip: don't judge the Songkran by this clip. Three day festival where pretty much the whole country shoots each other w/ waterpistols
#16
Jaipur Elephant Festival (India)
#17
North Carolina Merfest Mermaid And Merman Festival (USA)
P.BruxFHell 10 years ago
I don't think merpeople has anything to to with redneck... unless they're catfish tailed, LOL!
SarahNelson 10 years ago
Rednecks do NOT take part in Cosplay. Snotty, ignorant, insecure people like to try to demean people using that word when it doesn't apply.
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DeniseGaskinsBlount 10 years ago
Where in NC is this? I've lived in NC my entire life (Eastern NC) and I've never heard of this festival.
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#18
La Tomatina Festival (Spain)
SusannaVesna 10 years ago
Why would people wanna spoil so many tomatoes! I feel bad everytime i see such things!
Marie-MichèleLacroix 10 years ago
They're not good tomatoes, they're spoiled ones
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Fernandito 10 years ago
Admission charge, and is a tourist and business people attractive. http://www.tomatina.es/es/ http://latomatina.info/
Fernandito 10 years ago
It is better informed before. It's a party in which mainly use bad tomatoes not worth eating.
LiliRobinson 10 years ago
Why waste good food that could go to those in need... ? I don't get it...
#19
Monkey Buffet Festival (Thailand)
DeniseGaskinsBlount 10 years ago
I was worried when I saw the name of the festival that the monkeys might be ON the buffet, lol.
BillieCiancio 10 years ago
How about The Outhouse Festival in Trenary Michigan held in February?
#20
Baby Jumping Fiesta (Spain)
NatalieMars 10 years ago
The tradition is that if the man jumps over the babies they are safe from the devil… But anyway I don't agree with this tradition… Scary.
#23
Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)
#25
Amsterdam Canal Gaypride (Netherlands)
Final score:
36points
surfmadpig 10 years ago
I thought it wasn't "gay pride", but just "pride". Pride parades are not pro-gay, they're pro-expressing one's sexuality.
#26
Els Enfarinats Festival Flour Fight (Spain)
Fernandito 10 years ago
Hunger in the world does not exist for the festival of "La Tomatina" and "els enfarinats".
AnnetteHatfield 10 years ago
Spaniards apparently have too much time on their hands. Jumping babies, tomatoes fights, flour festivals... Strange
Fernandito 10 years ago
It is better informed before about the culture of the countries.No talking without knowing. And it is better to respect, and not generalize
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Fernandito 10 years ago
It is better informed before about the culture of the countries.No talking without knowing. And it is better to respect, and not generalize
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Kukeri Festival (Bulgaria)
Final score:
35points
PetyaDinova 10 years ago
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#28
Onam Harvest Festival (India)
#30
White Nights Festival/Scarlet Sails (Russia)
Final score:
30points
#32
Sinulog (Philippines)
Final score:
28points
#36
Uzgavenes Winter Festival (Lithuania)
SusannaVesna 10 years ago
This is a common tradition in all Eastern Europe- burning a figurine symbolizing Winter!
ViviRingel 10 years ago
Not only in the Rastern. Even in Germany there are also fieres to burn the Winter. In the North it's called Biekjebrennen,or easter Fire.
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Borobudur Vesak Lampion Festival, Central Java, Indonesia
Final score:
23points
#38
Masskara Festival (philippines)
Final score:
22points
#39
Tomorrowland Edm Festival In Belgium !
Final score:
21points
#40
Tomorrowland Festival, Belgium
Final score:
20points
#41
Bonhomme, Host And Mascot Of The Quebec Winter Festival (Canada)
Final score:
19points
#43
Quebec Winter Festival (Canada)
Final score:
18points
#44
Beer Floating Kaljakellunta - Finland
Final score:
16points
#45
Glastonbury Festival Of Contemporary Arts - Pilton, Somerset, England
Final score:
16points
#48
Battle Of The Oranges Festival (Italy)
Final score:
12points
Fernandito 10 years ago
Micaela. Bye, Bye. I see you still do not understand anything. Some jokes are not funny.
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Kingsday - National Holiday (Netherlands)
Final score:
12points
#50
O.z.o.r.a. / Hungary
Final score:
11points
#52
Surva, International Festival Of The Masquerade Games (bulgaria)
Final score:
11points
#53
Throwing Of The Grape Festival (Australia)
Fernandito 10 years ago
The hunger in the world does not exist for this celebration.
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#55
Madeira Island Flower Festival
Final score:
9points
#56
Carnival (trinidad & Tobago)
Final score:
8points
Tobago Entrepreneurs 6 years ago (edited)
This is a must see event. The largest street party ever.
#58
Fetes De Bayonne - France -
Final score:
7points
#62
Las Fallas - Valencia, Spain
Final score:
7points
#65
Dusherra
Final score:
6points
#66
Pot Throwing Ceremony - Corfu, Greece
Final score:
6points
#69
Blond Festival In Riga - Latvia -
Final score:
4points
#70
Jambay Lhakhang Festival, Bumthang, Bhutan
Final score:
4points
#76
Kupala Night - The Shortest Night In The Year, Slavic Summer Solstice Festival, Poland
Final score:
3points
#80
Durga Puja (festival Of Durga) West Bengal, India.
Final score:
2points
#81
Colorful-celebration-of-poyla-boishakh-dhaka,bangladesh
Final score:
2points
#86
Festival Of Phallus - One Of The Craziest Festivals In The World
Final score:
1point
#89
The Village Stage, Shambhala Music Festival, Salmo, Bc, Canada
Final score:
1point
#90
Festival Of Lights (diwali) India
Final score:
1point
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LucasBragança 10 years ago
How could brazilian Carnival (and even the Carnival from Venice) not be on the list? It's only the biggest festival on the planet.
MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Well the title say "craziest", they may be the biggest bug perhaps they are not crazy enough?
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MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Naa that is Japan, didnt you see the Festival of Phallus?
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Komathi Srinivasan 1 year ago
very bad displayal... i couldn't even make out what was in most of the festivals... no information... no pongal!
Kelly Klaritch 7 years ago
There should be a salami festival!! https://11mulberry.com/2018/07/13/what-is-soppressata/.
MaureenCoffman 10 years ago
Some fantastic and meaningful, some ridiculous, such a waste of tomatoes in Spain, for what.
MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Not really, those tomatoes are specifically grown for the festival, since they are inferior and not good for consumption.
Load More Replies... LucasBragança 10 years ago
How could brazilian Carnival (and even the Carnival from Venice) not be on the list? It's only the biggest festival on the planet.
MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Well the title say "craziest", they may be the biggest bug perhaps they are not crazy enough?
Load More Replies... MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Naa that is Japan, didnt you see the Festival of Phallus?
Load More Replies... Komathi Srinivasan 1 year ago
very bad displayal... i couldn't even make out what was in most of the festivals... no information... no pongal!
Kelly Klaritch 7 years ago
There should be a salami festival!! https://11mulberry.com/2018/07/13/what-is-soppressata/.
MaureenCoffman 10 years ago
Some fantastic and meaningful, some ridiculous, such a waste of tomatoes in Spain, for what.
MicaelaOlivera 10 years ago
Not really, those tomatoes are specifically grown for the festival, since they are inferior and not good for consumption.
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