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1. Testicle Festivals Eating bull testicles (or sheep, pig, goat, or even turkey) is no new thing. They have long been a delicacy and, now, Testicle Festivals are growing in popularity each year in the United States and Canada. A Testicle Festival will inevitably bring ou...
2. Lawson Festival Lawson is a small village smack bang in the middle of The Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. With a population of around 2,500, Lawson was named after one of the three early explorers who first disovered a route across The Blue Mou...
3. A Christmas Tree for a Little Boy Twenty-two years ago when we learned we were to have a little boy, we began to collect Christmas tree ornaments with a little boy theme. We had a lot of fun shopping for "boy" ornaments. As it happened, we had two more boys so we continued...
4. La Tomatina: The World's Largest Tomato Fight Each year in Bunol, Spain (in the Valencia region) the world's largest tomato fight commences. La Tomatina is the ultimate food fight. It is a festival for which people travel thousands of miles and all for the pleasure of pelting, and being pelted,...
5. Covered Bridge Festival There are approximately 90 covered bridges throughout Indiana, but Parke County in southwest Indiana has the largest concentration of them with 34 (or so) still standing. The first of the covered bridges built in the area were constructed in th...
6. Faerieworlds Festival Are faeries, pixies, goblins, wizards and witches real? Some say they certainly are; others aren't sure. But for at least one weekend a year (it was July 31 - August 2 in 2009) the question can be put aside for the Faerieworlds festival at Mount Pisg...
7. Seafood Festivals Seafood festivals are popular events for lovers of all kinds of fish, shellfish and other seafood delicacies.
8. The Original Mardi Gras: Mobile, AL Most people associate Mardi Gras in the US with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is true that New Orleans hosts the largest and most popular Mardi Gras, but they were not the first to celebrate the Carnival season. That honor goes to their smal...
9. Jaarsma Bakery- Delicious Dutch Letters and Much More! When I went to Central College in Pella, Iowa back in the 1980's, one of my favorite destinations was Jaarsma's Bakery. It was a wonderland of pastries and other goodies. My friend Mary and I used to try to get to Pamida and back without being seduc...
10. South African Rock Music South Africa has a strong rock and alternative music scene that is often overlooked and ignored by mainstream media. This lens is a glimpse into that world.
11. Outdoor Art/Craft Show Booth Basics When I did my first art show a few years ago, I wished there was just ONE nice, organized website where I could go and read about all of my different options! It's overwhelming, the different tents and panels and displays for artwork. As a favor to o...
12. Phish Phish's Inception (1983) - Trey, majoring in philosophy, Fish, studying chemical engineering, and Mike, with a major in electrical engineering, are freshmen at the University of Vermont; Jeff Holdsworth, also an EE major, is a sophomore there. Trey h...
13. Venetian and Carnival Masks - Masquerade Venetian Masks are part of the original Carnevale Di Venezia (Carnival of Venice) that started in May 1268. Citizens were equal regardless of social status while wearing masks, and free to celebrate together in a masquerade ball or party on the stree...
14. Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is an annual 10-day musical extravaganza that attracts more than one million people from throughout the US and abroad. Musikfest celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008. Musikfest Bethlehem is one of the largest f...
15. Mardi Gras Party Costumes and Masks Are you going to the Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras ..the Three Day party, specifically the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday immediately before Ash Wednesday The next Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras falls on February 16 2010 Why wait until February? Have a Mardi Gras Part...
16. Chinese Ghost Festival! Chinese Ghost Festival, or Zhong Yuan Jie, is held to celebrate the tradition of placating the spirits of dead ancestors. The whole of the seventh lunar month is said to be a ghostly one, culminating in the festival held on the fifteenth day of the m...
17. Scottish Highland Games As told by my husband. The highland games of Scotland have been around for about 1000 years. Some Kings used forms of this type of competition to improve their military back in the late 1050's. Kings used similar types of this competition to choose...
18. Asia's Lotus Lantern Festival Celebrated in Seoul every year 24 Apr - 2 May, is the Lotus Lantern Festival. A spectacular site of lights and creation. Lanterns everywhere, small, big, dragon shaped, elephant sized lanterns ! Monks, old and young take to the street to help celebr...
19. Tumbleweed Music Festival | Three Rivers Folklife Society | Richland Washington | Howard Amon Park Each year, beginning in 1997, Three Rivers Folklife Society (3RFS) has sponsored Tumbleweed Music Festival and Songwriting Contest in Richland, WA, on Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend. This is the eleventh year!
20. Blacksmith Square in the Livermore Valley Wine Country Livermore Valley Wine Country Located at the corner of South Livermore and Railroad Avenues, Blacksmith Square is the perfect starting point for a Livermore valley wine tasting experience. There are several wineries to choose from, including Big Wh...