Holi is one of India’s infectious festivals when people forget enmity and embrace each other by dipping into festivities and applying colours.
However, there are many countries with similar festivals which strangely resemble the celebration of Holi. Let’s take a look at such festivals around the world.
Cheese Festival, England: In this strange yet amusing festival, a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese is sent down a hill and people chase it to celebrate the end of winter and the growth of new crops.
Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea: This festival was initially organized to promote the region’s authentic cosmetics made from mud which is beneficial for the skin and now is popular among the Korean youths.
Haro Wine Festival, Spain: This crazy and fun festival includes being soaked in red wine while immersing in lots of dancing, eating, drinking, and many competitions.
Flour Throwing Festival, Galaxidi, Greece: This famous festival celebration involves throwing coloured flour on people.
Battle of Oranges, Italy: Dating back to medieval times, this festival is celebrated by throwing oranges at each other to commemorate the day of their town’s liberation from an evil duke.
La Tomatina, Spain: Started in 1945 from a local fight involving throwing vegetables, this festival lives on till today and it involves throwing over-ripe tomatoes at each other.
Songkran, Thailand: Celebrated to mark the Thai New Year, this festival is celebrated by splashing water at each other.
Chinchilla Melon Festival, Australia: This fun-filled and crazy festival includes many hilarious melon games including melon skiing, melon Iron Man races, melon bungee, etc.
Oberbaumbrücke Water Fight, Germany: This annual huge water fight festival is celebrated on the historic Oberbaumbrucke Bridge in Germany.
Cascamorras Festival, Spain: Inspired by the dispute between the two towns, this festival is celebrated by covering bodies with grease and olive oil and running on the streets.