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Bolas de Feugo

What that man is doing? Hold a fire ball with that expression. This is Nejapa tradition which is Bolas de Feugo that celebrated same with our nation day which is 31st August every year at Nejapa, El Salvador.

Once upon a time, people that live at Nejapa were surrounded with eruption of nearby volcano. When all of them wanted to run, they saw great balls of fire spewing out from the volcano and they believe that Son Jeronimo fought with the devils with ball of fire.

They organized their own fire balls and make the festival looks alike a war zone. Two teams of young men paint their faces and throw the fire balls among themselves while the others watch their move.

Do not be shock with this kind of festival because this is their culture.

Up Helly Aa

This is fire festival in Shetland, Scotland that held every January annually or in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season. This is Up Helly Aa festival .

This is 'Guizer Jarl' and his squad prepare the festival since February. Interest to join Guizer Jarl? You need to be a part of member of festival for almost 15 years. But only a person will be a committee each year.

All over Shetland held this festival but currently available for ten locations which are  Scalloway, Lerwick, Nesting and Girlsta, Uyeasound, Northmavine, Bressay, Cullivoe, Norwick, the South Mainland and Delting.

Do you know this festival is also a kind of triumphant demonstration of the islander's skills and spirit. 

This festival is for just a day but need to plan it for 364 days with several thousands people to work together to come out with this festival annually.

The next day will be public holiday if they can achieve the target. So, i'll quit from this job. 

Holi

This is the most colorful festival for me because why? You can see it by yourselves through the picture.

Holi Festival is the name for this festival. It is mean festival colors or festival of love. The festival started at India and then spread to the Europe and North America. Malaysia also held this colorful of festival. 

A night before Holi, people gather and celebrate 'Holika Bonfire'. They gather, sing and dance around the fire. Tomorrow morning, the festival of color start ! They  play, chase and colour each other with dry powder and colored water, with some carrying water guns and colored water-filled balloons for their water fight.

This is the powder or known as the weapon for the participant at that day. 

Can you feel the enjoyment of this festival? Everyone can join this festival. Rich or poor. Friend or stranger. Anyone. The fight held at open streets, open park, outside temples and the buildings. There have some people bring along the drums and musical instruments. They play the instruments along their walk and at that moment, the participants automatically dance.

In the afternoon, they go to visit the family. It's similar with every celebration around the world. They will dress up and go to visit their family and friends.

 The words Holi come from 'Holika', the evil sister of of demon king Hiranyakashipu. That's why the night before Holi day, they make a circle surrounding the bonfire. 'Holika' is a reminder of the symbolic victory of good over evil, of Prahlada over Hiranyakashipu, of fire that burned Hiranyakashipu.

This is what people called beauty of the culture.

Boryeong Mud Festival

What do you think they're doing? Playing mud? For what? there's lot of question in your mind. For sure.

This is what people known as Boryeong Mud Festival at South Korea and usually the festival held in July annually. The first festival in 1998, in 2007 almost 2.2 million tourist join the festival.

All the mud is taken from Daecheon beach area and the mud is rich with minerals and people used it to cosmetics. 

All of this started when a range of cosmetics produced products based on the mud. So, it is kind of promotion and the festival become one of favorite place for the tourist to come and visit.

This festival held for two weeks straight. 

Thaipusam Festival

What do you think when you looked at this picture? Where is this place? Why there are so many Indian people there? Is it have any festival held there?

This is Thaipusam Festival. This is HIndu celebration that mostly of Tamil community celebrate it on full month in Tamil month of Thai which is January or February. 

Thai + Pusam = Thaipusam

'Thai' is name of full month meanwhile 'Pusam' is name of star. So, they combine it. Thaipusam celebration is for Hindu deity Lord Murugan (youngest son of Shiva and his wife Parvati). It is a day of thanksgiving and paying penance for Lord Murugan. 

Don't be shock when you look at that woman. They call it as 'kavadi'. Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan. Regarding on the picture, the woman just wear a simple one. There have more extreme kavadi. They do like that because they implore for help from the God Murugan. 

48 days before the celebration usually they will fasting and prayer for cleansing themselves. 

Battle of Oranges Festival

Orange is one of favorite fruits for those who love fruits. Orange is for eaten by the human but in Northern Italian city of Ivrea, orange is a kind of weapon during the battle.

BATTLE OF ORANGE FESTIVAL is a tradition festival for Italian people which is they need to throw the orange among themselves. This festival held in February annually. 

The story behind this battle is many centuries ago, there is a city tyrant tried to violate a young girl. She chopped his head off and the whole town celebrated her action. Based on that tragedy, people create a battle with divide themselves into nine combat teams, stage battle (like in a picture). Then, they attack each other by throwing their weapons, orange among themselves.

Don't you ever think why orange had chosen as their weapon? This is because it symbolize the tyrant's castrated testicles. 

psst.

*wear red cap.if not you will be an immediate targets.