(单词翻译:单击)
巴厘岛安宁日
1. 巴厘岛安宁日
每年在巴厘岛农历新年举行该节日。节日期间,整个岛十分安静,人们必须待在家里,不能谈话,并关掉电灯、电视和收音机,街上还有巡逻人员巡视。这个节日主要是为了让人们反思自己的内心。
Bali: Day of Tranquility
The festival is held to celebrate the New Year's Eve every year. During the festival, every familt is acquired to stay at home without chatting. Also, people need to turn off the lights, TV and radio. The festival is mainly held to help people to reflect.
秘鲁库斯科 夏至庆典
2.秘鲁 库斯科 夏至庆典
每年6月24日,秘鲁人都会将印加人的太阳节再现。这项庆典自1944年开始。数百名演员穿上印加传统服饰聚集在一起,举行盛大的歌舞庆典。在庆典中,还会选出一名男子戴上金冠扮演君主,并祈求太阳神的保佑。
Peru Kusikexia: Summer Solstice Celebration
The celebreation is held on June 24th, which was dated from 1944. Hundreds of actors are dressed in Inca traditional costumeds. One man plays the role of God to pray for the blessing from the sun.
希腊 过火节
3.希腊 过火节
每年5月21日到28日,希腊北部举行过火节。此节源于中世纪,据说圣康斯坦丁大教堂曾经失火,人们听到了圣人和他母亲的塑像在哭泣,勇敢的信徒跳进大火中将这些塑像抢救出来。现在人们赤脚在火上走过或者跳舞,希望能与这些圣人做“亲密接触”。
Greece: Fire Festival
The festival lasts from May 21st to May 28th. It was dated from the Middle Ages. People today are barefoot on the fire or dancing in the hope of "contacting" these holy people.
日本 裸体节
4.日本 裸体节
每年2月的第3个星期三是日本的裸体节。1300年前,日本和尚为净化灵魂开创此举,之后逐渐成为一项仪式。地方不同,庆祝方式也不同。在冈田,仅穿围腰布的男子们需趟过桂川河,围绕西大寺转一圈,然后争抢牧师扔到人群中的圣棍。而在其他地方,一个全裸男子混入人群供人们寻找,触摸到他的人来年将获好运。
Japan: Naked Festival
The 3rd Wednesday of Feburary is the Naked Festival. In Okada, men wearing nothing but som cloth around their waists need to go through the Katsura River and go around the Saidaiji. After that, they will fight to throw the pastors to the St stick.
西班牙 番茄节
5.西班牙番茄节
每年8月最后一个星期三,约有3万人聚集在西班牙布诺尔镇,向人群抛扔番茄。至于节日的来历,有人说是为了纪念小镇守护神,也有人说是一种宗教反抗,还有猜测说它是来自番茄车翻倒后车主的灵感。
Spain: Tomato Festival
Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, about 30 thousand people will gather at Bu Nuoer Town to throw tomatoes to the crowd.
墨西哥 萝卜之夜
6.墨西哥萝卜之夜
每年12月23日,在西班牙瓦哈卡都会举行一场萝卜雕刻大赛,人们在萝卜上雕刻出各式各样的形象庆祝耶稣的诞生。该节日始于1897年,当地农民为使自己的产品更吸引人,想出了在产品上雕刻的方法。之后,这种广告方式成为当地传统节日。
Mexico: Radish Night
On December 23rd every year, there is a Radish Carving Contest in Oaxaca, Spain. People carve all kinds of things on the radish to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
香港 包山节
7.香港太平清醮 (又名包山节)
农历四月初八,在香港的太平清醮岛上举行此节日。节日源自18世纪,初衷是为了抚慰死人的灵魂。节日期间,人们在北帝庙前搭建约60英尺高的包山塔,此塔通身挂满可食甜包,人们争先恐后攀爬此塔抢食甜包,抢到越多,运气越好。1978年节日曾因包山塔倒塌而停止,2005年重新恢复了此节日。
Hong Kong: Bun Festival
This festival is held on the Eighth day Lunar New Year in April. It is dated from the 18th century, with the aim to comfort the soul of the dead.
冰岛 啤酒节
8.冰岛啤酒节
每年3月1日,冰岛举国上下痛饮啤酒。举办该节日的初衷是为了庆祝从1922年到1989年冰岛75年禁啤酒令的解除。
Iceland: Oktoberfest
On March 1st, people all across the country will drink beer to celebrate the festival. It is held to celebrate the over of the 75-year-long ban on beer from 1922 to 1989.
美国阿拉斯加 冰雪融化彩票节
9.美国阿拉斯加 尼纳纳 冰雪融化彩票节
这是阿拉斯加发行时间最长的彩票赌注,1917年,一群铁路工程师开创了此节日。人们在冰面上竖起一个木质架子,若冰面融化,架子就会倒下从而牵引岸上的钟表,定下准确的化冰时间,人们则纷纷下注打赌冰面何时会融化。
Alaska: Nenana Melting Snow and Ice Lottery Day
This is the oldest lottery of Alaska. In 1917, a group of railway engioneers created this festival.
泰国 猴子大餐节
10.泰国 罗华富里省 猴子大餐节
以前,罗华富里省猴子泛滥成灾。人们觉得制服这些猴子的最佳方式就是“拥抱”它们。于是从1989年开始,在每年11月份的最后一个周末,人们在三塔寺前摆满猴子们喜欢吃的香蕉、花生等食物,供猴子食用。
Lo Lop Buri Province, Thailand: Monkey Feast Festival
Long ago, there are plenty of monkeys in Lo Lop Buri Province, and people there believed that the best way to control them was to "hug" them. So from the year of 1989, people offer a lot of food for the monkrys to eat on the last weekend of November.