All festivals convey culture in one or the other. There are multiple cultural festivals such as national, international, religious and seasonal. The purpose of festivals are always the same and that is to bring happiness to our lives and strengthen our senses of community. Some festivals are bizarre and colorful at the same time. Here are some of them.
World Bodypainting Festival
Austria
This is not the usual tattooing in the body which you get to see almost daily. It served as a means of communication in the olden times, whereas, now it attracts art loves all over the world. Its poetry in your body. You are free to express yourself, art fanatic from all over the world are driven into this festival because of its richness. A participant’s body is converted into a canvas where special effects makeup, UV effects are used. This festival includes exhibition, demos and workshops for the art lovers. With all those quirky outfits and weird paintings upon bodies the art fervor remains high.
Cheese Rolling Festival
England
A nine-pound round cheese chase down the hill attracts the locals and tourists travelling down the Cooper’s Hill in South West England, near Gloucester. The prize is of course the cheese and whoever crosses the finish line first becomes the winner. The initial goal of this festival remains to get hold of the cheese before it gets downhill, later changes are made as the cheese gains speed making the task more difficult as well as dangerous for its players.
Underwater Music Festival
Florida
Florida Keys Underwater Music Festival is the perfect destination for all the music lovers and divers. The aim was to create awareness for coral preservation with a new skin as Bill Becker the founder, coordinator and music director of UMF took this music festival to a different experience. This eccentric celebration is running successfully for more that 25 years inviting many divers. It is held in July at the Looe Key Reef. Event management takes the responsibility to select the music playlist as well as themed songs related to ocean from speakers placed underwater. Local artists and musician who are divers play fanciful instruments owing to an optic treat.
International Hair Freezing Contest
Canada
Winters recalls warmth within your vicinity, making it compulsory to wear your woollens before stepping out. Here comes Canada with its most strange festival of frozen hair carvers. The International Hair Freezing Contest is held in the town of Whitehorse, every year by Yukon. This annual competition invites contestants who ready to take up an adventure sport in this biting cold. They soak up their head in water only to rise up and wait for the freezing temperatures outside, to make them mannequins with frozen hair. This strange festival happens to be in February, whereas, the winners are announced a month later in March.
Air Guitar World Championship
Oulu
People interested in music shows without a music, here you have it, this one-of-a-kind festival, began in 1996 to promote world peace is now one of the most top battled competitions in Australia, UK, New Zealand and many more places. This confusing festival is almost like an optical illusion in reality. No musical instruments are there in this music festival still there is an imaginary electric guitar among the participants playing heavy rock music singing and dancing loudly. Air World Guitar Championship with an imaginary guitar is held in Finland.
