Unusual Festivals Around the World
Tomato battles, baby jumping, runaway cheese: discover the world's wildest celebrations.
What this quiz asks
- 1At La Tomatina in Buñol, Spain, what do participants pelt each other with?
- 2Holi, the joyful festival of colours, is mainly celebrated in which country?
- 3During Songkran, the Thai New Year, how do people celebrate in the streets?
- 4In Mexico, which festival honours the dead with sugar skulls and orange marigolds?
- 5In Ivrea, northern Italy, a carnival battle pits teams armed with what?
- 6At Cooper's Hill in England, what do participants chase as they hurtle down the slope?
- 7The very slippery Boryeong Mud Festival takes place in which country?
- 8How do the Fallas celebrations in Valencia, Spain, come to an end?
- 9In Sonkajärvi, Finland, what is the most famous world championship all about?
- 10In Castrillo de Murcia, Spain, what do men dressed as the devil do during El Colacho?
