Kumbh Mela Bathing Festival
The Kumbh Mela is held every three years in each of four different locations, returning to Allahabad for the Maha Kumbh Mela (Prayag) every twelve years.
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Festival
Wake Up and Smell the Stinking Rose: Gilroy Garlic Festival
Reputed to be the only place on earth where you can marinate a steak at harvest time just by hanging it outside your house, for 22 years the ‘Garlic Capital of the World’ has played host to the biggest annual garlic celebration in the world.
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Kinky and Slinky: The Folsom Street Fair
It always takes place on the last Sunday in September during the city’s Leather Pride Week, and while the event is free a donation is suggested.
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Semana Santa, Seville, Spain (Holy Week)
This religious ceremony dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the suffering of Christ is celebrated in cities, towns and villages throughout Spain, but nowhere is the festival as spectacular as in the city of Seville.
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Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
The small coastal town of Hokitika is completely overtaken as thousands of young Kiwis and tourists descend to titillate their taste buds for one weekend in March.
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