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.

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。

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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.

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。

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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.

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。

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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.

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。

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　　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.

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。