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More than 500 runners battle it out to be the first to race to the summit of Mount Cameroon and back again

Kalash Festival of Choimus

The Kalash Valleys of Rumbur, Bunboret and Birir are within Chitral in the North-West Frontier Province, near Nuristan in Afghanistan. The people here are some of the only non-muslims for hundreds of miles. The Kalash worship the many gods of Kafiristan like Balomain, the heroic demi-god of the Kalash whom the Choimus Festival celebrates.

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Las Llamadas Festival, Uruguay

Every year in February, Montevideo’s Barrio Sur and Palermo come alive with drummers, street dancers and revellers during the annual Las Llamadas festival parades, part of Montevideo’s month-long carnival.

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La Tomatina Festival

La Tomatina happens every year in Bunol, Spain on the last Wednesday in August and is the highlight of a week-long local festival in honour of the town’s patron saint, San Luis Bertràn, and the Virgin Mary. The actual tomato throwing lasts for only two hours between 11am and 1pm

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The Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

Located at an altitude of 1000ft, Arunachal Pradesh is a land of untouched natural beauty. A selection of rivers, vast open green lands and rolling hills give the impression of this being a mystical paradise. It is perhaps one of the least populated places in India and provides a peaceful respite for the traveller.