What "Unusual" Festival Do The Celebrate Where You Live?
I just returned from Thailand where they celebrated Songkran (New Year’s). Basically, everyone wears very colorful clothes and there is an enormous water fight. People walk down the street with large guns — but they are not guns like in the USA, they are huge plastic water guns. Everyone happily shoots each other. I went out to dinner and arrived soaking wet.
In Lithuania, they have Užgavėnės, where they burn a giant straw effigy called Morė (who looks like a witch) to drive away winter and welcome spring.
In Basel, Switzerland, they celebrate Basler Fasnacht. At exactly 4:00 AM on a Monday, the entire city goes pitch black. This is called the Morgestraich. Thousands of people in elaborate costumes wake up the city by parading through the dark streets carrying massive, glowing lanterns and playing flutes and drums.
Tell us about the most interesting and unusual festivals where you live.