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Most Extraordinary
Food Festivals Around the
World
Index ֍ Giant Omelets Celebration ֍ La Tomatina ֍ Bugfest ֍ Testical Festival ֍ Road kill Grill ֍ Monkey Buffet ֍ Gilroy Garilic Festival ֍ Maine Lobster Festival ֍ Battle of the Oranges ֍ Chinchilla Melon Festival ֍ Cheese Rolling Festival ֍ More Information ֍ Resources
Giant Omelets Celebration
Location : Bessieres, South France Abbeville , Louisiana, US
Date : Easter / October
Each Easter this remote French village break 15,000 eggs to make this giant omelet and give out to poor people along with bread.
Abbeville also celebrate this event in October by using 5,000 Eggs.
La Tomatina
Location : Bunol, Valencia, Spain
Date : Last Wednesday of August
Began in 1945 by disgruntled and locals and dubbed as ‘World`s Biggest food Fight’La Tomatina is basically a mass brawl using tomatoes.
Participations must have a ticket to enter.
Bugfest
Location : North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh NC
Date : September
Bugfest draws around 25,000 visitors to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Visitors have the opportunity to view displays, presentations and even eat creepy insects at the onsite Café Insecta
Testicle Festival
Location : Clinton , Montana, US
Date : July- August
Also named as Rocky Mountain Oyster festival is an adult only event where visitors can sample deep-fried bull testicles. If you`re up to it
Road kill Cook-Off
Location : Marlington, WV , US
Date : September
As Opposed to the name This cook-off doesn`t have anything that killed on the road with tire marks. Common wild game such as raccoon, possum & deer are often ultilized.
It is part of the Annual Autumn Harvest Festival.
Monkey Buffet
Location : Lopburi , Thailand
Date : November 25th
Approx 4000 Kg of food & drink is offered to monkeys in this bizarre event where music and dances and young people dressed like monkeys can be observed.
Gilroy Garlic Festival
Location : Gilroy , California
Date : July
In California Garlic harvest festival you`ll find all sorts of Garlic dishes and Ice Cream made using 2.5 Tons of garlic.
Maine Lobster Festival
Location : Rockland, Maine
Date : August 2-6, 2017
Visitors can eat Local lobster dinners, listen to nationally renowned entertainers, participate in cooking contests, carnival rides, appreciate the works of Maine craftsmen and artists.
Battle of the Oranges
Location : Ivrea , Italy
Date : Feb 25-28 , 2017
Over 100,000 flock to Ivrea to witness this serious pelting of oranges where few are bound to suffer serious injuries. Anyone can participate by joining one of the 9 teams or carriage crew.
Chinchilla Melon Festival (MelonFest)
Location : Chinchilla , QLD, Australia
Date : 16-19 Feb, 2017
Held biennially in Melon Capital of Australia this event boasts fun events such as melon skiing, tossing , bungee and pip spitting.
Cheese Rolling Festival
Location : Brockworth, England
Date : 29th May 2017
Looks funny to the onlookers but it is not a small feat to catch a cheese rolling down at 70 mph at 700 sloped Cooper`s Hill. Injuries are rampant.
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