The world's weirdest festivals(世界上奇怪的节日英语介绍)

La Tomatina番茄大战
Time：August 29 Place：Spain The industrial town of Brunol welcomes 20,000 visitors to throw tomatoes at one another in an oversized food fight. There are differing theories as to how it began, one suggesting that it stems from anti-Franco protests in 1945.
The world‘s weirdest festivals
世界上奇特的节日
The Baby Jumping Festival
Place : Spห้องสมุดไป่ตู้in
First staged in 1620, this strange event celebrating Corpus Christi sees grown men dressed as the Devil leaping over a row of babies lying in the street.
Ivrea(意大利的一个小镇） Orange Festival
Every year in the town of Ivrea, residents re-enact an ancient battle in medieval costume, armed only with oranges. Nine teams of orange-throwers battle against one another, while participants are fed with free beans to keep energy levels up.
Cheese Rolling
Time : June 4 Place : England This popular festival involves hundreds of contestants chasing a roll of cheese down the steep, muddy Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire.
Time：February 4 Place：Konomiya, Japan （日本国府宫 )
Naked Festival裸体节
Participants will usually dress in a Japanese loincloth(腰 带）, and throw mud and water at one another to symbolise purification. Naked Festivals are held in a number of locations across Japan, usually in summer or winter. Though traditionally a spiritual event, many now join in just for fun.
World Gurning Championships
Time：September 15 Place：Egremont, Cumbria
Come and pull the ugliest face you can muster - those without teeth have an unfair advantage. The event is the highlight of the annual Egremont Crab Fair. As if facial contortions were not enough, there's also a Pipe Smoking Contest and Cumberland Wrestling.
Boryeong Mud Festival
Time：July 14-24 Place：Boryeong, South Korea (韩国 保宁市）
First staged in 1998, the Boryeong Mud Festival now attracts more than a million visitors to the South Korean city. Said to be rich in minerals, the mud for the festival is trucked in to Daecheon Beach for tourists and locals to enjoy.
Time： November 25 Place：Lopburi, Thailand（泰国 华富里）
Monkey Buffet（自助餐） Festival
Over 600 monkeys are invited to feast on over two tonnes of grilled sausage, fresh fruit, icea cream and other treats. The locals see it as a thank you to the monkeys which inhabit the village and bring thousands of tourists their each year.