Top 4 Interesting Festivals In Summer All Over The World

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Festivals In Summer All Over The World – Top 4 Interesting Festivals To Explore

1. Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA - Burning Man Festival

2. South Korea - Boryeong Mud Festival

3. Japan - Aomori Nebuta Matsuri Festival

4. Sonkajarvi, Finland - Wife-Carrying World Championships

Warm weather sparks several people all over the world to converge outdoors and celebrate for many events and occasions. From the celebration of Burning Man to the tradictional Sonkajarvi festival, here are some interesting and special festivals you should enjoy this summer.

Festivals In Summer All Over The World – Top 4 Interesting Festivals To Explore

1. Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA - Burning Man Festival

Burning Man is an annual festival when up to forty eight thousands of people gather in the Black Rock desert in Nevada to express their personality and create art. The name of this festival was taken from a large wooden effigys ritual burning, which occurs on Saturday evening. The event can be described as an experiment in radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, art, and community. Those having gone to Burning Man gatherings claimed that people need to attend to fully understand.

2. South Korea - Boryeong Mud Festival

This is also one of the best festivals in summer people should not skip this summer! A South Korea company working in the cosmetics industry developed a beauty product line which featured the mud taken from Boryeong mud flats as the major ingredient. Since the company could not be bothered to set budgets on commercials, this interesting festival was born so potential clients can feel the advantages of this special mud first-hand. If you attend and get bored of the mud prison, mud slides, mud skiing, and mud pools, then you can enjoy acupuncture, live music, and the culminating fireworks display of the festival.

3. Japan - Aomori Nebuta Matsuri Festival

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Ph: Furusato Matsuri Tokyo[/caption] This festival is held from August 2nd - 7th, and during that time, giant floats made from paper and wood are illuminated from inside and elaborately decorated and are paraded through the city accompanied by hand cymbals, flutes, and taiko drums. “Nebuta” means “being sleepy”, according to tradition, and citizens of Aomori originated this event for putting away the drowsiness on hot weather that plagued them. Who does not want to be lazy a little bit when the weather is extremely hot, right? This interesting summer festival is held in Aomori prefecture in Japan and is on the list of the most important and largest festivals of this nation, attracting over 3.5 million people annually.

4. Sonkajarvi, Finland - Wife-Carrying World Championships

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Ph: EUKONKANNON MM-KISAT[/caption] This is the last yet not the least summer festival people need to visit once in life if possible! Male competitors throw over their backs female teammates or their wives to see who can handle an arduous obstacle course and reach the finish line in Sonkajarvi, Finland. The Wife-Carrying World Championships lucky winner would get a supply of beer equal to the weights of the female teammates. So lets pick up an interesting festival and plan to enjoy this summer with a trip!