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 邱轶Shetland “UpHelly-Aa ” 苏格兰圣火节 The aim of uphelly-Aa on shetland is to pay their respect to viking age(维京时代).Helly-Aa means the final pure and holy day. It is held on the last Tuesday in January. On that day, local people will wear vikings’ clothes. In honer of the vikings, at the end of the festival, local people will light a huge （32feet）viking ship. “维京人”指的是住在北欧斯堪的纳维亚半岛及附近岛屿上的丹麦人、瑞典人和挪威人，他们体格魁梧，满面虬髯，胆识过人，常年漂流在海上，贪财、勇猛、喜欢冒险，血液中奔腾着强烈的征服欲望。因此他们也成了“北欧海盗”的代名词。 “LvanaKupala 之夜” 白俄罗斯伊万库帕拉狂欢之夜 This is a local religious festival. On June 24th, young men and women will wear wreath[ri:θ] 花环 .With striding a fire pit and swimming across the river to worship their ancient faith. New Delhi “Holi”印度新德里 颜色之节日 Indian girls throw colored powder to each other. It represents a kind of blessing and hope. Holi also is the spring festival of India because it represents the beginning of spring. Bunyol Tomatina - Tomato Fight西班牙布尼奥尔小镇“番茄节” Tomatina - Tomato Fight is called the biggest tomato fight in the world. In late August each year,citizens will pour into the street and pelt each other with tomatoes. Tons of tomatoes can be thrown in just one hour. Even tourists from all over the world will join this fight. It is said…the origin “番茄大战”始于１９４５年。关于它的来历，有这样一个传说：有一天，该城一个小乐队从市中心吹着喇叭招摇过市，领头者更是将喇叭翘到了天上。这时，一伙年轻人突发奇想，抓起西红柿向那喇叭筒里扔，并且互相比试，看看谁能把西红柿扔进去。这就是“西红柿大战”的由来。 Lopburi “Monkey Feast”泰国洛不里省“猴子的盛宴” 600 monkeys are invited to a banquet where are full of vegetables and fruits. People do this to commemerate the help their ancestors received from a group of monkeys according to their mythlogy. More than 3000kg of vegetables and fruits will be eaten up every year. “追逐奶酪节”英国Brockworth格洛斯特郡 In May, people in Brockworth have a funny match which is chasing a cheese weighs 7kg. The cheese is pushed down from the top of mount Cooper by the host. Then everyone in the game will running after the cheese. Who has got it is the winner, but the chee