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Hold onto your sanity as we explore the world's most bizarre traditions! From rolling cheese down dangerous hills to devil-men jumping over babies, these events defy logic but somehow persist. Our global tour of strange festivities includes hair-freezing contests, sumo wrestlers making babies cry, and boats made entirely of beer cans!
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00:00you're scored on three different judging criteria welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting
00:06down our picks for the 10 most strange and bizarre events around the world that are definitely worth
00:11adding to your travel bucket list we are underway in the glosses of j's roll 2024
00:17number 10 the darwin beer can regatta australia this annual event is a testament to australians
00:25ingenuity resourcefulness and alcohol tolerance so the team team name is the ginger beers and the
00:30name is tai pani held in darwin the capital city of the northern territory participants in the beer
00:36can regatta compete in various water races throughout the day their vessels are entirely
00:40homemade and crafted using recycled materials like milk cartons bottles and of course beer cans
00:46the tradition began in 1974 when the first regatta was held in an effort to clean up some of the beer
00:54cans commonly littered around the beach creative and eco-friendly this is a popular event that draws
00:59crowds of locals and tourists alike
01:01number nine the world egg throwing championship england in swanton england egg throwing is more
01:13than just an easter related pastime it's a tradition that dates back 700 years well for a tosser it's
01:18really important to have a really strong wrist the origins of this annual festival date back to the
01:2314th century when the monks of swanton's riverside church would give out eggs to parishioners when
01:28flooding prevented the villagers from crossing the river the monks would simply toss the eggs across
01:32the high waters and into eager hands people have said egg throwing is not a real sport but of course
01:39it is it's not like javelin throwing where you've just got a guy throwing a pointy stick down a field
01:44this you've got to throw the egg over ever increasing distances and then you've got to catch it at the far
01:51end without breaking the egg swanton residents honor this tradition through events like the annual egg toss
01:57as well as the egg relay egg trebuchet and russian egg roulette this tradition has its own moral code too
02:03as all eggs are ethically sourced from free-range chickens
02:06number eight carnival of ivrea italy in northern italy an annual battle reenactment takes over the
02:19streets of ivrea during the days leading up to the beginning of lent it's high noon at the main square
02:24this is a good idea anymore and i've probably never gripped an orange so tightly in my life
02:30the event commemorates the city's fight against a tyrant ruler in the 12th or 13th century but
02:35their choice of ammunition for the battle is less than historically accurate spare no oranges
02:41split into two teams the reenactors hurr oranges at one another representing either the commoners on
02:46foot or the tyrants ranks in carts it's the largest food fight in italy and draws in eager
02:51participants from around the world every year just exhausted number seven international hair
02:58freezing contest canada this is one event you might be better off catching the televised version of
03:03unless you can handle seriously frosty temperatures fanny carrite mylena george alt and maxime guyu
03:09bocamps took a dip in the hot spa showing off their crazy hairdos while bathing in a 40 degree
03:15celsius pool at a hot springs resort in yukon participants sculpt their wet hair into a
03:20elaborate structures that freeze solid in the frigid february air freezing of the hair happens
03:26in under 60 seconds as long as it's minus 30 or colder above water the results are simultaneously
03:33fun and striking resembling polder glaciers balanced perfectly atop rosy cheek smiling faces after the
03:39final sculpture is photographed participants are judged and winners announced in the springtime
03:43after they've hopefully thought out held annually since 2011 the competition awards prize money for
03:48winners in all categories and is even sponsored by tim hortons these guys then have to get out of the
03:53hot spring and get somewhere dry and warm yeah hopefully it's close so that walk i think is worth
03:58750 bucks there you go number six emma crawford coffin race colorado usa this manito springs tradition
04:06has a heartwarming if a bit morbid backstory that honors a young musician who died of tuberculosis in
04:111891 emma crawford's wish was to be buried at the top of a local mountain but heavy rains disturbed her
04:17resting place and brought her coffin sliding down the mountainside there's a hint of morbidity that
04:22comes with celebrating someone's coffin sliding down the side of a mountain today residents of
04:28manito springs craft custom racing coffins with their own emma crawford riding inside and race her
04:33alongside a similar route her coffin slid down all those years ago for us and for this community
04:38it certainly is a wonderful thing to celebrate though crawford's remains have been returned to the
04:45mountain summit it's said she still haunts the town of manito springs today
04:49number five air guitar world championship finland since 1996 the town of alu finland has hosted the
04:58best of the best in mock rock this is a thing that most people do in their bedrooms and you're putting
05:03it on stage participants brave the stage and give it their all with completely invisible instruments
05:09judges rank their favorites based on creativity showmanship and energy no musical talent required
05:14just vibes the competitors will have one minute and one minute only to blow your minds the event began
05:20as an effort to promote world peace as the organizers believe that wars will end climate change will
05:25stop and all bad things will vanish when all the people in the world play the air guitar lofty goals
05:34yes but this event seems like a harmless and fun way to put some extra positive energy out into the world
05:39and the grand prize a custom guitar made of presumably not air anything can happen in air guitar
05:45number four running of the bulls spain probably heard of this world famous event held in pamplona
05:53spain the festival which packs this city has deep roots for centuries the people of this region have
05:59honored saint firmin their patron saint with processions and parties every july six bulls are released into the
06:05streets to chase thrill-seeking participants from around the world full thunder through the entire
06:10route in just two and a half minutes many more gathered behind tall wooden fences to watch the
06:16spectacle unfold observing the chaos and excitement this event though popular is not without controversy
06:22participation is risky 50 to 100 injuries occur every year in 100 years since records on the matter
06:27began to be kept 15 participants have even been killed many animal rights activists opposed the event
06:33citing the harassment and stress the animals endure as cruel and unnecessary
06:37still the event is a massive draw for tourists annually largely due to the event's depiction in
06:49popular books films and television stop following me number three nakisumo japan also known as the
06:56crying baby festival this annual event has been held throughout japan for hundreds of years
07:01so no kiora kanakoyada this ne so no akachan no chino komo
07:06jakeo commonly held around children's day on may 5th the event involves sumo wrestlers competing to
07:13make an infant cry the fastest the tradition is said to bring good health and fortune to the
07:17participating infants and is also rooted in a belief that the cries of a baby are said to ward off evil
07:22spirits frightened with faces and loud noises are made all in an effort to
07:30get the babies to wail well allegedly all done in the name of a long healthy life for each child
07:35there's no way these babies are having a good time most participants in these festivities are
07:39japanese but the tradition has also drawn some foreign interest as well number two el colacho spain if you
07:50visit the small spanish village of castrio de murcia during the catholic feast of corpus christi you'll see a
07:56centuries-old tradition that is wholly unique
07:58it's the first time you do it?
08:00it's the third time
08:01it's the third time
08:02it's the third time
08:03it's very nervous
08:04each year babies are laid on mattresses in the street as men dressed in bright yellow and red devil costumes
08:09jump over them this tradition originated in 1620 but no one knows exactly how or why the locals again
08:16pour into the church for evening prayer the last event before the baby jumping begins the ritual acts as a
08:22blessing for the babies cleansing them of their original sin and ensuring lifelong health and
08:27happiness we think it must be unnerving for the babies who presumably have absolutely no idea what's
08:31going on with the procession over the crowd heads to the village field for the after party before we
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08:52number one cooper's hill cheese rolling in wake england the videos that come out of this annual
08:57festival are unbelievably gouda well gloucester actually
09:05held near the birthplace of the world-famous semi-hard crumbly cheese the cheese roll takes place
09:09every spring and draws thousands of spectators so today i finish first i pray for that onlookers
09:17watch as a roughly seven pound wheel of double gloucester is rolled down a steep hill pursued by
09:22dozens of running tumbling and falling participants whoever catches the cheese or
09:26crosses the finish line first is declared the winner
09:31their prize is the cheese wheel itself plus international glory and a year's worth of bragging rights
09:36the tradition is estimated to be at least 600 years old although the event has grown significantly
09:40in recent years with the advent of social media how do you feel now you've won what does that mean
09:44to you i'm buzzing i'm buzzing would you participate at any of these strange events let us know in the
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