May 25 , 2023

7 World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

By True Scoop

Peru: Christmas Fighting Festival:Takanakuy, a Quechua name that roughly translates as hitting each other with fists, is the name of the centuries-old custom.

Greece: Rouketopolemos (Rocket War):Rouketopolemos is a local traditional event held annually at Easter in the town of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios.

Spain: Baby-Jumping:Castrillo de Murcia, a community in the municipality of Sasamón in the province of Burgos, hosts an annual celebration to honour the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi.

England: Cheese-Rolling:Cheese rolling entails sending a cheese wheel hurtling down Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire. Then competitors chase after it.

Italy: Fruit Battle:The Battle of the Oranges, one of the biggest food conflicts in the world, is its main draw.

Spain: Running of the Bulls:The first bull running of the event takes place on July 7 at 8 a.m., and there will be one on each of the mornings that follow.

Japan: Extreme Log Ride:Each wood is eventually placed to support the foundation of multiple shrine buildings at a nearby shrine, symbolically renewing it.