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Thaipusam, India, Malaysia, Singapore

Thaipusam is a Hindu carnival detained yearly in January/February in India, Singapore and Malaysia. It is celebrated typically by Tamil people and celebrates the birth of Murugan, the son of gods Shiva and Parvati. For the festivity, revelers trim their heads and execute a pilgrimage, and it spirals downwards from there. At the end of the rituals, participants shove pointed skewers through their tongues or cheeks and some put hooks on their back to pull serious substance. The aspire of the revels is to bear as much pain as possible, and those who endure the most are said to be given the most blessings.

Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Spain

Spain is a Mecca for bizarre festivals, and the Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme is no omission. The festival is held yearly in Las Nieves for people who have suffered near-death experiences in the last year. The participants collect for a Mass in party of the supporter Saint of renaissance, Saint Marta de Ribarteme, either transport a coffin, or being approved in a sarcophagus. The festival ends with fireworks and advertising of spiritual substance.
El Colacho (Baby Jumping Festival), Spain

Continuing with bizarre Spain festivals, the annual El Colacho (baby jumping) is one of the mainly strangest and risky in perform. Dating back to 1620, El Colacho is detained on the spread of Corpus Christi in the township of Castillo de Murcia. The festival involves laying babies (one year and under) on mattresses, while mature men dress up as devils and take twist jumping over them. It is supposed that the jumping rids babies of unique sin, and is careful almost like an initiation. Unnecessary to say, it results in many injuries (mostly the men).
Cheese Rolling Festival, UK

Up on Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, UK, the eccentric Cheese undulating Festival is held every May. Each year, a bureaucrat tosses cheese down the tremendously vertical mount, and festival-goers run pell-mell in organize to vicious circle it. Obviously, life and member are at stake, and the festival is results in a number of wounded.
The Monkey Buffet Festival, Thailand

In Thailand, a yearly feast is held for about 600 monkeys. The Monkey Buffet fair is held in honor of the Hindu God Ram and Hanuman (the Monkey King), and involves 3,000kg of vegetables and fruits being laid out for monkeys to canyon on.

The Testicle Festival, Montana, USA

The Testicle Festival is held in Rock Creek Lodge in Montana, USA. The Festival is severely adults-only allowing for it revolves about eating bull’s testicles – the famous ‘Rocky Mountain Oysters’. It also involves oil wrestling, wet t-shirt competitions, public nakedness, and a ‘No Panty Wednesday’, where revelers are given a free drink for their underwear.

The Redneck Games, Georgia, USA

The Redneck Games are held annually in East Dublin, Georgia. They were initiated after media information optional that the 1996 in Atlanta would be hosted by a ‘bunch of rednecks’. True to its name, the fair feature events counting toilet seat throwing, bobbing for pig’s trotters, armpit croon to and mud pit belly flop.