today you guys will know about a festival that can break bones or outright end your life one where participants throw fireballs at each other or one where you ride a 12-ton lock but let's start with the coolest brightest and potentially the most dangerous festival on the list every year on the evening of august 31st residents of neha gather around to throw fireballs at each other in commemoration of the 1658 el pleon volcanic eruption the unfortunate disaster forced the villagers of that old town to flee and settle in their current location today residents of nepalpa split
themselves into two teams to paint their faces like skulls and begin the festival by hurling palm-sized fireballs of kerosene at the opposing team it is very dangerous but no matter how dangerous it is las volas de fuego has been running for more than 100 years now and falls among the top unusual festivals worldwide next time you want to vent your anger i suggest you take part in this weirdest of festivals or you could take your ex there i bet many of you had played at least one pamploma type game in which you run away from
raging bolts this festival is almost the same just the people and chasing balls are real and if you get caught in the long horns of these bowls you are definitely going to see stars in broad daylight pamplona's famous running of the bulls takes place during the san thermian festival and is one of the most extreme adrenaline pumping events held in spain celebrated every july this experience welcomes hundreds of thrill-seekers from all over the world to run in front of six wild powerful bulls through the city's old and narrow streets the running of bulls and thrill-seekers
happen in the mornings and at night people get to watch bullfights some of the day visitors end up in the hospitals as you can see here these getting trampled by the bolts oh that must have hurt it's freezing cold outside why don't we free something that looks extremely cool and weird at the same time um let's start a hair freezing contest it's super cool and super weird this is what the organizers of this bizarre contest must have thought before inventing it winters in the north are extremely harsh see this clip to get an idea where
the lad throws boiling water in the air and it immediately turns into snow and now here i love the audacity of canadians to yet dedicate an entire festival to creating the most bizarre frozen hair sculptures in such intense cold every year the town of whitehorse yukon holds the international hair freezing contest the annual competition involves contestants soaking their head in the water and when lifted the cold temperatures outside will slowly start to sculpt icy coughs this unusual festival is held in february and the winners are announced in march their hair sculptures are so weird to
watch celebrated once every six years the onbashira festival is one of the deadliest festivals in the world and takes place in the lake suwa region of nagana prefecture in japan the purpose of the festival is to replace the 16 log pillars that stand at the corners of the four buildings of the suwa grand shrine the festivities begin in the mountains in april when 16 carefully chosen fur trees in the mountains are cut down using traditional logging tools they are then dragged down to the temple without the use of mechanized equipment the logs are usually about
20 meters long and weigh as much as 12 times so people have to work in large teams to hoist them up mountains and across rivers the entire journey usually about 10 kilometers is treacherous the deadliest part though comes when the logs have to be moved downhill to prove their bravery men ride straddling the logs as they hurl down the mountainside this can result in devastating injuries and deaths too okay if any of you have an addiction to adrenaline rush and you love the music equally well i've got a festival definitely made for you yup for
all divers and music enthusiasts florida keys underwater music festival is the place where they should all be the quirky celebration held in july at louis key reef has been running for more than 25 years and welcomes hundreds of snorkelers from around the world the event houses pre-selected radio playlists and ocean themed songs streaming live from underwater speakers along with musician divers and local artists playing whimsical instruments giving an absolute visual treat to all who are watching them this is the coolest brightest and potentially the most dangerous festival on the list which is also known as
the rocket war in which two rival churches attack each other with as many as sixty thousand small rockets the target is the church's bell every year on easter the greek village of frantaros engages in this unusual dangerous custom the two rival churches are named aguilos marcos and panaja everythiani that stage this mock war this takes place while services are being held in both churches the light show in the night sky is spectacular but some of the rockets inevitably veer off course causing injuries property damage and occasionally death nobody is sure exactly how the tradition got
started one legend says that the village used to fire cannons over the sea to ward off pirates but the cannons were taken away to prevent uprisings during the ottoman occupation after the war of greek independence 1823-31 residents celebrated having their access to munitions restored by shooting off fireworks how many of you have watched the mama goku movie i suggest you watch it right after completely watching this video it's a true masterpiece well for those of you who have watched the movie you know that the day of the dead festival is a day dedicated to those
who have passed away this traditional holiday which is held in mexico during november carries a lot of visual similarities to halloween but its origins are different during this period family and friends gather together to pray and remember the members who have died it is believed that during this brief period the souls of the dead are awakened and returned to earth to feast drink and dance with their loved ones in turn the living family members treat the dead as honored guests by making the deceased's favorite food and offerings it is seen as a day of celebration
rather than morning here in this festival you will see monkey madness at its peak the brewery monkey banquet also known as the monkey buffet festival is celebrated with the aim to bring good luck to the area and its people the lupbury province is located north of bangkok and it prepares a grand feast comprising four thousand kilograms of fruits vegetables cakes and candies that feed close to two thousand to three thousand macaw monkeys every year apelia is a fire festival that is held every year between january to march among various communities in shetland scotland the festival
marks the ending of the yule season shetland boasts of its norse connections and celebrates viking culture by parading down cobblestones blazing torches held up high as they make their way through the dark streets the festival first began in the 1880s and now draws thousands of locals and tourists alike to honor the rich heritage of shetland for the world to see and now let us move on to our subscriber pick of the day this image was sent to us by one of our subscribers similarly if you ever wish to know more about an image you come
across just send it on over to us who knows we might even feature it in one of our videos the subscriber pick is pointing towards a very weird festival held in parity bloco de lava is a carnival street party in the coastal town of parity in rio de janeiro state where people dispense with pirate princess and devil disguises in favor of thick head-to-toe layers of black mud this is one hell of a festival where thousands of males and females with their shorts and bikinis invisible due to mud and hair frozen into the black coating of
mud dance drink and fling mud balls at each other the soundtrucks blessed bone-jarring rhythms in the colonial brazilian town on saturday which festival appeared the most dangerous and weird to you do you celebrate any one of these do tell us in the comment section below thank you very much for watching the video do like and share it with your friends subscribe to the channel and hit the bell icon to not miss any of the upcoming amazing videos
