Parades and Festivals
Crying Sumo
A 400 year-old Japanese festival in which sumo wrestlers lift infants in the air, and the first infant to cry is the winner.More info: NHK World. It was also mentioned by Chuck in a 2010 column.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 30, 2018 -
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Category: Parades and Festivals, Asia
Wisteria Princesses
Wisteria Princesses. L to R: Christine Dinwiddie, 15, Linda Nehls, 17, Janet Dickson, 15, Susan Glass, 15, and Meredith Mitchell, 17, princesses of the 1958 Wisteria Vine Festival, Sierra Madre.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 01, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, 1950s
Bosch Parade
Explanation here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 04, 2016 -
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Category: Parades and Festivals, Surrealism, Europe
Go Topless Day: August 28, 2016
Needless to say, bare chestal areas of XX-chromosome carriers in video and at homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 28, 2016 -
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Category: Body, Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Holidays, Parades and Festivals
Carnival in Trinidad: Then and Now
I don't mean to sound like an Old Fart, but the 1957 Carnival just seems to me so much more charming and weird and ingenious--look at those bipedal seahorses with the mermaid--than the current version, which seems to be about nothing more than bare flesh. Maybe the 2015 videographer simply did not film the weird costumes--but then again, every other video of the 2015 carnival on YouTube features the exact same stuff. Now, I like bare flesh as much as the next voyeur, but I would really prefer to see a papier-mache Godzilla any day.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 10, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, Music, Parades and Festivals, Sexuality, Outsider Art, Foreign Customs, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1950s, 2010s, Caribbean, Body Painting
Earmuff Parade
The people of Farmington, Maine recently held an earmuff parade. They've been doing this annually for the past 39 years to honor their most famous one-time resident, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff. He came up with the idea at the age of 15, while ice skating. WMUR.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 16, 2015 -
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Category: Parades and Festivals
Spaceship from 1954 Halloween Parade
Click either image to enlarge.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 14, 2015 -
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Category: Art, Motor Vehicles, Parades and Festivals, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s, Halloween
Boryeong Mud Festival
Can you get to Korea today for this week-long "adventurous silt extreme training experience"?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 19, 2013 -
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Category: Hygiene, Parades and Festivals, Asia
Sheboygan Brat Days
August is practically here! Don't forget to head to beautiful Sheboygan for their annual Brat Days celebration. The first video tells the schedule for two years ago, but I can't imagine it will be too different in 2013, although on the other hand, it's their big 60th anniversary!
Plus, as you can see in the second video, they even feature sexy pole dancing!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 19, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Public Indecency, Dance
The Wellingborough Carnival
The town of Wellingborough, UK, has been holding a carnival for over 100 years. The old affairs certainly featured things that look weird to us today. Here's a photo album to peruse.
And the Wellingborough Carnival home page reveals this year's affair is on July 7th! Plenty of time to make your plans to attend!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 22, 2012 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Holidays, Parades and Festivals, Weird Theory, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Europe
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