世界上奇特古怪有趣的节日 英文版 Odd festivals of the world

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广石化经英-121班AccordingtotheAmericanmagazineTime,eachMay,thelifeandspiritofMike,TheHeadlessChicken,iscelebratedininFruita,Colorado.MikewasaWyandotterooster,bornin1945,whohadtheunfortunatemishapofhavingtolivewithoutahead.Mike'sFestivalistohonornothisdisability,butthespiritthatkepthimalive.Tothisend,Timemakesaninventoryofsomespecialholidayintheworld.可爱的土拨鼠,春天的使者(February2)IntheU.S.,thedaythatthegroundhogpredictswhetherspringwillbecomingsoon.If,onemergingfromhishole,heseeshisshadow,therewillbesixmoreweeksofwinter;ifnot,springisimminent.EveryyearonJuly4,theUFOFestivalwillbeheldinRoswell,NewMexico.Itissaidthat,inthesummerof1947,therewasanextraterrestrialspaceshipcrashednearRoswell.Morethan60yearslater,thelegendisstillalegend,nooneknowsthetruth.However,whetherornottobelievethislegend,localresidentswouldliketobedressedasanalienandholdacarnivalonthatday.TwinsDaysisafestivalforbiologicaltwinswhichhastakenplaceeverysummersince1976inTwinsburg,Ohio.Itisthelargestannualgatheringoftwinsintheworld,anddrawsthousandsofparticipantsfromallovertheUnitedStatesandelsewhereintheworld.Manywesterncountrieshavefestivalaboutzombie.TheannualCorpseDaywasheldonMay1stinMelbourne,Australia.Ontheday,arealDeadRisingwasstagedinthestreets.Aboutthousandsofpeopletookpartinthisyear'srottenparade。LocaltimeonMay1st,Peoplewhotookpartinthezombieactivitydressedupaszombiesinthemovie.Babyjumping(ElColacho)isatraditionalSpanishholidaydatingbackto1620.Duringtheact,mendressedastheDevil(knownastheColacho)jumpoverbabiesbornduringtheprevioustwelvemonthsoftheyearwholieonmattressesinthestreet.Thefestivalhasbeenratedasoneofthemostdangerousintheworld.Theoriginsofthetraditionareunknownbutitissaidtocleansethebabiesoforiginalsin,ensurethemsafepassagethroughlifeandguardagainstillnessandevilspirits.Itissaidthat,oneday,asmallbandwereplayingthetrumpetfromdowntowntothestreets,theleaderheldthetrumpetuptosky.Suddenly,thereweresomeyoungerstersstartingtothrowtomatoestothetrumpet,wonderingwhocanrightachievetohitthespot.ThisistheoriginofTomatoFight.OntheCarnivaleachyear,touristsallovertheworldcametogatherinthetown,celebratingtheuniquecarnivalwithlocalresidents.Tomatobringspeoplehappinessofharvestaswellasofcarnival.

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