International Pillow Fight Day
Every April, many people eagerly prepare for a night of “pillow fighting”. This is one of the unique summer festivals in the world, attracting many participants. The pillow fighting festival is no longer strange because now, the festival is present in 120 cities in 39 countries.
This is a very special festival, the participants will fight each other with… pillows. Although it is a fight, this “riot” does not cause any injuries. On the contrary, many people think that this is a very interesting festival, helping them relieve stress and strengthen relationships with friends.
Glastonbury Music Festival (UK)
At the end of May every year, music lovers from all over the world turn their attention to the Glastonbury music festival held in England. This is considered the world's largest music festival and also one of the unique summer festivals in the world.
Many Glastonbury festivals have been held in bad weather, but that hasn’t stopped the crowd from going all out to enjoy the music. Even heavy rains have turned the muddy ground into a unique feature of the festival, with the audience taking advantage of the opportunity to frolic in the wet mud.
The Glastonbury Festival takes place over five days in a muddy, grassy field near Pilton, Somerset. In addition to the bands, the festival also features comedy, dance, circus, film and more.
Genzano Infiorata Flower Festival (Italy)
If you come to Italy in June, especially during Corpus Domini, you will have the opportunity to admire the very special flower festival Genzano Infiorata. This is one of the unique summer festivals in the world with religious origins when Benedetto Drei and his son used flowers from St. Peter's Basilica to recreate the mosaic by cutting and arranging the flowers in different petals, creating a very special picture.
During the Infiorata, the streets of Italy are decorated with carpets of colorful flowers, creating beautiful works. These flower carpets come in a variety of designs, from geometric shapes to famous paintings.
To create such large flower carpets, people first sketch the image with chalk and then use thousands of flowers with different bright colors to connect and create vivid images. The flowers chosen must have natural colors, not dyed.
Body Painting Festival (Austria)
The Body Painting Festival, also known as the human body painting festival, is held every July in Austria. This festival was first held in 1998 with awards such as the most special effect, the most unique face painting, the award for amateur artists... This festival is meant to honor the beauty of the body, while expressing the boundless creativity of humans.
The person who contributed greatly to the establishment of this festival is Alex Barendregt, an employee of the Austrian tourism agency. In the summer of 1998, he was tasked with organizing a new and exciting event, Barendregt came up with the idea of organizing the Body Painting Festival and now it has become one of the unique summer festivals in the world.
La Tomatina Tomato Throwing Festival (Spain)
La Tomatina Festival is the largest fruit throwing festival in Europe and is also one of the unique summer festivals in the world, held on the last Wednesday of August in the town of Bunol, Valencia, Spain. The festival lasts about 1 week. What is special is that only about 8% of Spaniards participate in the festival, the rest are tourists.
At around 11am, dozens of heavy trucks loaded with ripe tomatoes roll into the town centre to the cheers of thousands of enthusiastic players. The first event of the Tomatina festival begins, kicking off with a game of “palo jamón”. A block of delicious jamón is hung from a tall, greased pole in the town centre. The battle begins when someone reaches the top and brings the meat down.
All participants are encouraged to wear goggles and gloves. In addition, for safety reasons, participants must crush the tomatoes before throwing them at others. No one is allowed to bring objects that could harm others such as glass jars, iron objects... and especially not tear other people's clothes.
