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Culture >> Festivals, Celebrations - See some of the many ways people find to have a great party throughout the year and around the world.
- Annual Donkey Race in Italy - April 1, 2008—In the small hilltop town of Torrita di Siena, they race a horse of a different color.
- Explorer's Club Dinner - Once a year, the Big Apple hosts a unique dinner —the annual gala of the Explorer's Club. The highlight of the evening is the cocktail hour, where the finger food might have legs, a face, or even a tongue.
- Firewalking - A firewalking festival called the Anastenaria, revolves around a set of ancient icons that worshippers believe have special powers—to purify, heal and protect. But others view the ritual as sacrilege.
- Mardi Gras - Mardi Gras continues in New Orleans, a sign that the city is rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
- Matam - Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims live in Hyderabad, India...and for several days each year, they demonstrate their faith in a dramatic spectacle called Matam.
- Men Fighting - This Bolivian festival pits village against village to determine who will have the best harvest.
- Mt. Fuji - A National Geographic photographer explores the mysteries of Mt. Fuji.
- Nubian Wedding - An entire Egyptian town parties the night away when a Nubian man finds a beautiful bride.
- Rattlesnake Roundup - Rattlesnakes watch out! Every year what may be the world's largest rattlesnake roundup takes place in Texas.
- Thaipusam - Some cultures invoke the spirits in ways outsiders might find strange or even shocking—allowing their bodies to be pierced with skewers and hooks. But each year, more than a million Malaysian Hindus take part in this ceremony called, Thaipusam.
- Tongue Boring - Fill the streets to celebrate the new year in Nepal with an unusual tradition.
- Voodoo New Year - Join the pilgrimage to the village of Glidji, Togo, for the Epe Ekpe festival, where voodoo worshippers have gathered for over 300 years to discover what the sacred stone portends for the coming year.
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