Name: 27不可思議的地方傳統 - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.214) (27 Unbelievable Local Traditions - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.214))
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hi I'm John Green welcome to my salon this

is mental Floss on YouTube and did you know that every year in Gloucestershire

thousands of people gathered to chase a 7-pound wheel of cheese down Cooper's

Hill whoever catches it wins the cheese itself but it's harder than it appears

the moving cheese can reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour enough to seriously

injure people anyway that's the first of many unbelievable local traditions

every year and Lopburi Thailand a monkey buffet

festival is held were an elaborate buffet is made and I know what you're

the food is not made of monkeys it's made for monkeys.

In fact up to 2,000 him show up to eat delicious food and even managed to drink

out of soda cans apparently in 2011 buying in preparing all this stuff cost

sixteen thousand dollars. Now I'm sure you've heard of the running of the bulls which began in

the 13th century now it takes place all over the world with the most popular one

is in Pamplona where thousands of people participate like

people run through the streets alongside actual balls which originally was just a

way of getting them from like the corral to the bullfighting ring

now it's like sort of a way of having a party except kind of a deadly party.

Another unsafe local Spanish tradition is baby jumping in the village a Castrillo

for the catholic peace dove Corpus Christi which is not just a town in

Texas it's also a holiday celebrating the Eucharist

the Colacho a man who represents the devil jumps over babies who are less

No one quite knows why this baby jumping started but it's been going on since

1620. Anyways being a terrifying children there's japan's Namahage festival men

dress in scary masks to look like Namahage a sort of demon who knocks on doors

"Any crying kids out there?" this is supposed to keep kids from being

disobedient you know it's it's all in good fun. Okay back to Spain La Tomatina

or the tomato throwing festival takes place

every August in Bunol the day begins with people trying to get a ham

of atop a pole that's covered in soap. I imagine it like that scene in Mulan where

she's trying to climb to the top of the bowl except I'll make a man out of you

and you know, Ham. Ham!  Better but a quarter and that staff pork chop party fund.

Anyway eventually trucks arrived with thousands and tomatoes and people

If mass tomato throwing sounds dangerous to you should probably avoid

Ivrea Italy because that's where the battle in the oranges takes place.

The exact origins of this Orange throwing war are unclear but citizens are

fairly certain that it symbolizes some kind of rebelling against nobleman

anyway unlike La Tomatina orange throwers are divided into teams

also apparently their way to watch the spectacle without actually getting like

pelted by one of the million oranges that the town stocks the event. A million

oranges you think they like how we have a million oranges what should we do I

guess we could feed hundreds of thousands of people

or we could throw them in each other. Moving on to something a little less

dangerous in Austin Texas there's an annual festival for

Eeyore's birthday party. It started in the English department at the University of

honor a story in which you were think that Winnie the Pooh and company have

actually they throw him an awesome surprise party. The idea has spread and it's

citywide party for charity and Eeyore. In 1945 white also know Fruita Colorado

it was dinner time however despite having been decapitated Mike the rooster

18 more months. It turned out that Olson's ax missed Mikes jugular vein

a blood clot kept him alive, Olson fed him with a medicine dropper anyway

the town of Fruita now has an annual Mike the headless chicken festival

including a 5k run and a peep eating contest.

Peep eating contest? that's the contest I could win.

Every October to celebrate the anniversary of the New River Gorge

thousands of people gathered there for a bridge day. It's actually the only day of the year

that people are allowed to walk on the bridge and many base jumpers take this

Base of course stands for bravery anyone shouldn't ettempt.

If you'd rather stay on the ground you might consider attending the

world toe wrestling championships which have been going on in Ashbourne

It's a lot like arm wrestling except the competitors interlock

their big toes don't worry though there is a hygiene check beforehand.

That actually does very little to appease my worry, you might have found

the one thing I want to do less than base jump.

Oaxaca Mexico hold the sculpture competition known as the night

the radishes. Artists carve radishes into

figures, usually people and vegetables are sometimes like six pounds

What started as an attempt to show citizens that the mineral-rich mud in

South Korea was a good ingredient for cosmetic products resulted in the

It started in 1998 and now over a million people attend the annual

festival which unsurprisingly revolves around things like mudslides and body

You know it's like Woodstock 99. Meredith didn't get the joke, neither did the rest of our audience.

speaking of mine you can find the world bog snorkeling championships in

Mark I'm not going to try to say anything in Welsh just put the town name right that

so there in, the person who crosses a 60-yard long-bog

first wins. But you can't actually swim or used traditional swimming moves, so you just kinda.

doggy paddle why would anyone do this? Now the straw bear has roots all over

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