If your in Europe and wondering where you want to go for your next trip, well here are some of weirdest festivals you can go too.
The first is The Cheese- Rolling Festival at Coopers Hill in Brockworth, It has been a tradition since the early 1800's and has been held at Cooper Hill just South East of Gloucester, England. During this tradition an 8 pound Cheese wheel is placed on top of the hill and dropped which falls 295 feet and can reach up to 70 mph. It happens on the last Monday of in May and hundreds of people come to see the rolling cheese and the people running after. Every year multiple competitors are injured from sprains, strains, and even broken bones. If your not participating and just a spectator, there's always the traditional beer and local village or Brockworth to go and visit.
Have you ever wonder how big of a food fight you can have well why not travel to Bunol, Spain and join in The Tomatina Festival also known as the Tomato Festival, its held on the last Wednesday of August each year and truck loads filled the streets with tomatoes. The history of this festival is not truly known but one source states that it was started back in 1944 the theory is that "...a food fight among friends, a juvenile class war between bare-footed Trotskyist macarras and upper class pijos from Madrid on summer vacation, a volley of tomatoes from bystanders at a carnival parade, the rubbishing of a bad musician, a democratic protest against the city council and (our favourite) the ensuing aftermath of an accidental truck spillage." So its pretty much just a reason to just throw some tomatoes at each other and just have a good time with thousands of people.
Another food throwing even is the Battaglia delle arance also knowns as the Orange Battle in Ivrea, Italy. This Festival was inspired by a miller's daughter named Violetta back in the 1200 A.D. She was supposed to marry but refused to do so and was beheaded which caused a revolution and the destruction of the castle. Since then it has been reenacted and instead of throwing spears and bows oranges where thrown instead. The battle is without doubt the most spectacular part of the carnival highlighting the fight for freedom, the symbol of the Ivrea festival. Along with all the other historical events that are part of carnival, the orange battle constitutes an incredible cultural patrimony, which makes Ivrea one of the leading carnivals on both the national and international scene. Orange-throwing is also the time with the highest collective participation. Everybody can take part by enrolling in one of the nine teams on foot or by manning the carts.
CHEESE-ROLLING FESTIVAL
The first is The Cheese- Rolling Festival at Coopers Hill in Brockworth, It has been a tradition since the early 1800's and has been held at Cooper Hill just South East of Gloucester, England. During this tradition an 8 pound Cheese wheel is placed on top of the hill and dropped which falls 295 feet and can reach up to 70 mph. It happens on the last Monday of in May and hundreds of people come to see the rolling cheese and the people running after. Every year multiple competitors are injured from sprains, strains, and even broken bones. If your not participating and just a spectator, there's always the traditional beer and local village or Brockworth to go and visit.
TOMATINA FESTIVAL
Have you ever wonder how big of a food fight you can have well why not travel to Bunol, Spain and join in The Tomatina Festival also known as the Tomato Festival, its held on the last Wednesday of August each year and truck loads filled the streets with tomatoes. The history of this festival is not truly known but one source states that it was started back in 1944 the theory is that "...a food fight among friends, a juvenile class war between bare-footed Trotskyist macarras and upper class pijos from Madrid on summer vacation, a volley of tomatoes from bystanders at a carnival parade, the rubbishing of a bad musician, a democratic protest against the city council and (our favourite) the ensuing aftermath of an accidental truck spillage." So its pretty much just a reason to just throw some tomatoes at each other and just have a good time with thousands of people.
FESTA DEL CORNUTO
If you've ever been cheated or lied to then the Festa Del Cornuto in Italy also known as the festival of horns us the place to go. It had been dated back as the Roman empire, when heroic soldiers returning from battle were given horns as a prize, but may have come back to find defeat in their own beds. The gesture of the horned hand is meant to convey that a person is being cheated on by his other half This event happens usually around November.
WIFE CARRYING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Have you ever wanted your wife's weight in beer, well The Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland is your place to go where you carry wife in a race to win this amazing prize, where one of the rules is that all participants must enjoy themselves. Now this is a race worth training for, this festival was invented in the late 1800 by non other then thieves, who have been accused of stealing food and women from villages and carrying the women on there backs. Later on the thieves started training by carrying heavy big, heavy sacks on their back to get stronger and faster which later on became a sport hence the Wife Carrying World Championship.
BATTAGLIA DELLE ARANCE
Another food throwing even is the Battaglia delle arance also knowns as the Orange Battle in Ivrea, Italy. This Festival was inspired by a miller's daughter named Violetta back in the 1200 A.D. She was supposed to marry but refused to do so and was beheaded which caused a revolution and the destruction of the castle. Since then it has been reenacted and instead of throwing spears and bows oranges where thrown instead. The battle is without doubt the most spectacular part of the carnival highlighting the fight for freedom, the symbol of the Ivrea festival. Along with all the other historical events that are part of carnival, the orange battle constitutes an incredible cultural patrimony, which makes Ivrea one of the leading carnivals on both the national and international scene. Orange-throwing is also the time with the highest collective participation. Everybody can take part by enrolling in one of the nine teams on foot or by manning the carts.
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