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Groundhog Day

mariiadrobisher — 2024-01-19 20:39:27 UTC

Celebrated on February 2nd and it is the day when the groundhog is believed to predict the weather for the next six weeks.

Guy Fawkes Day

2024-01-19 20:51:19 UTC

Also called, the Bonfire Night, it is celebrated on the 5th of November and marks the day when the group of conspirators failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I.

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot!

Odd Spanish Tradition (Bianca and Ana)

2024-01-24 08:42:33 UTC

About 40 years ago the city hall of this town in Zaragoza forgot to ask for the legal permits necessary to hold the running of the baby bulls. Their solution? To let a bus "run" through the town, as if it were the bull. The local youth ran from it, and since the idea was a success, the town decided to get rid of the bulls in subsequent editions of the event, too! It may seem a little odd, but we assure you, it is much safer to be pursued by a cautious driver honking the horn than by a runaway bull.

TOMATINA

2024-01-24 08:43:42 UTC

La Tomatina is a festival celebrated in the Valencian municipality of Buñol (Spain). It is always celebrated on the last Wednesday of the month of August, during the Buñol festival week, and consists of participants throwing tomatoes at each other.

In Brazil, the Yanomami tribe has a curious tradition to honor their dead: eating them. But do not think that they eat the corpse as it has died, first they cremate it and then what they eat are the ashes. They do it because they believe that this will save the person's soul, and all the family members participate by eating a part

2024-01-24 08:44:24 UTC

sidufisuiu

2024-01-24 08:44:49 UTC

socks as a piñata

2024-01-24 08:45:26 UTC

In Germany, if you haven't married by 25, your alcohol.friends can put dozens of socks on your ceiling and then 'force' you to drink alcohol.

Cucaña

2024-01-24 08:46:38 UTC

La Cucaña is a tradition in Cercedilla. It consists in climbing a long trunk painted with oil. At the top of the trunk there is a jam. There are a few participants, and the one who achieves to get to the top in less time, will win it.

Rain of turnips in Piornal

2024-01-24 08:46:54 UTC

Polterabend, meaning ‘wedding shower’, is a unique tradition in Germany that is generally held the day before a bride and groom are due to wed. It’s a big party where friends and family gather at the front of the house and smash things on the floor such as; plates, flowerpots, tiles, anything that makes a lot of noise in order to bring good luck, the only exceptions being glass and mirrors, of course.

2024-01-24 08:48:55 UTC

Once the dish breaking is done the bride and groom then work together to clean it up as preparation for the future.

THE PARTY OF THE COFFINS

2024-01-24 08:49:22 UTC

This tradition dates back to the 16th century and is celebrated in As Neves, Pontevedra. In this celebration, people who have had near-death experiences offer to go out in a procession in coffins. In this way, his relatives, who are the ones carrying the coffin, thank Santa Marta de Ribarteme for the miracle of keeping a loved one alive.

Baby tossing

2024-01-24 08:52:36 UTC

This is a common tradition in India, which consists of shaking and dropping a 2-year-old baby for religious duties. The baby is usually dropped from a 30-50 feet building, and a group a men have to catch it with a blanket. If the baby lands safely, the crowd and relatives of the baby celebrate, sing and dance and pass each infant around before returning them to their mother.

12 grapes in new years eve

2024-01-24 08:53:03 UTC

This tradition consists in eating 12 grapes per bell, the reason of this spanish tradition is that people think that if they eat the 12 grapes in 12 second they will have good luck.

Caracas: Frolicking Rollers

2024-01-24 08:53:16 UTC

Every year on Christmas morning, the citizens of Caracas in Venezuela roller skate to church for the Christmas Mass. This tradition has become so popular that many city streets are closed down to ensure people can skate to church in safety.

Bullet Ant Gloves

2024-01-24 08:55:12 UTC

According to the Schmidt pain index, the bullet ant has the most painful sting in th animal kingdom. Boys as young as 12 years old in the Sateré-Mawé tribe must gather bullet ants from the forest, which are then used to make ant-ridden gloves. The young men wear the gloves 20 times for 10 minutes, performing a dance while those angry insects sting them

THE FLOUR FIGHT

2024-01-24 09:04:05 UTC

Its a popular festival that gets place in december in

ibi,alicante ,which is a fight where one group of men take over

the town pronouncing a whole host of ridiculous

laws and fining the citizens that infringe them. Another group do

battle with flour and eggs to regain control. All the fines raised go to charity.