Here are some of the weirdest festivals around!
Boryeong Mud Festival
First staged in 1998, the Boryeong Mud Festival now attracts more than a million visitors to the South Korean city. Said to be rich in minerals, the mud for the festival is trucked in to Daecheon Beach for tourists and locals to enjoy.
Wife Carrying World Championships
Participants in the seventeenth world wife carrying championships aim to win a relay race while carrying their wives. The winner receives their wife’s weight in beer!
Monkey Buffet Festival Thailand
Over 600 monkeys are invited to feast on over two tonnes of grilled sausage, fresh fruit, ice cream and other treats. The locals see it as a thank you to the monkeys which inhabit the village and bring thousands of tourists there each year. How fabulous!
Noche de Rábanos (Night of the Radishes)
In the 16th century, after radishes were brought to the Americas, vegetable sellers used to make sculptures of radishes to advertise in the markets. Since 1897 the custom has been celebrated with an annual festival, with the best sculptors awarded cash prizes.