Can Festivals Get Any Crazier Than These?

 By Meera Dolesia on 11/29/2011
http://www.dogonews.com/2011/11/29/can-festivals-get-any-crazier-than-these
  I was searching for a current event, and I crashed into something that made me laugh so hard,it's not scientific though, but I want it to be my current event this week. This is some of the craziest festivals around the world, which in some you want to try, and in some you don't want to be, trust me.

Baby Jumping ( El Colacho) In Spain

 This is a nice festival. Once a year, July, to be more specific, in a town of Castrillo de Murcia, people celebrate Baby Jumping, now don't think it's a dumb festival where babies are learning to jump, it's not. What it is that a man dressed in a yellow-red suit (El Colacho) goes around and jumps over babies which are supposed to be placed in the middle of the road, and the cars get stopped.  Here is a picture of how it looks and a video to explain you more if you want to know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzJBpVVGcWw&feature=player_embedded

Monkey Buffet Festival

  If you don't like monkeys roaming around you freely, than this is not a festival for you. But, either way, I will tell you what it is about. In Lopburi, Thailand, The last Sunday of November, ( Just a couple of days ago) for already 200 years, is monkey Thanksgiving. They get to go around the city and look for food, and mess around the city.( I wish there was a day like this in Serbia, just for kids) But not everything goes well on this day. Couple of times, they disturb men working, or steal food from the market, without paying, or the worst case, mess with cables, so the electricity can go out. But, it is great time for the monkeys and for the tourists, which get attracted by this festival.
This is what it looks like.

And a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9ki0mK6NQ0&feature=player_embedded
  South Korea Mud Festival

   For me the=is is the most disgusting one , but it is fun for sure. On a beach in Boryeong, South Korea, since 1998, for 9 days in July. So what is the festival, it's just get on the muddy beach and do anything you want. The problem is, showering, and your parents reaction when you come home.

This is it:

Video- WARNING: The music is super loud, don't do it on maximum, actually you can, but then don't complain after that you got scared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwYgB5_eo4&feature=player_embedded

   Roswell UFO Festival

     This one is for SF fans. You heard of the stories about aliens landing in Roswell? Well, this is their celebration( I mean the people of Roswell, not the aliens) It is similar to Halloween. It is a 4 day celebration in July. There are guest speakers, entertainers, rides, shows, etc. In order to be part of this, you need to dress like an alien.
 WARNING: The following picture doesn't show real aliens, they are just people dressed up. Don't freak out.

    Wife Carrying World Championship

      Future wives don't go on. ( Just kidding). In Scotland, every year there is a championship organized. Men have to carry their wives on their backs across a 253-meter track filled with opsticles. This is some heavy duty, huh? Well, the hard work pays off for the winner. Depending on the wife's weight, the winner gets that many liters of beer. An award only Scots wouldn't resist under any circumstances.

Picture- Don't laugh

Video- a opportunity to see them compete:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqBWwdywp1U&feature=player_embedded#!

Rabbit population per 5 years

 

This table and the graph represent the grow of the rabbit population. As we can see, every year there is more and more rabbits, which is logical because rabbits give birth, and reproduce. In the first couple of years, the population was rising slowly, and then later, suddenly shook into the air. This proves that populations can be surprising sometimes.

These Little Piggies Are Heading To The Market- to shop

  Posted on November 19th 2011
By Meera Dollasia 
http://www.dogonews.com/2011/11/19/these-little-piggies-are-heading-to-the-market-to-shop

  You wouldn't expect a boy to write about this, but I think it is amazing. A photographer from Britain called Bob Eisdale. He takes pictures of animals, and he works on a project with pigs. Well, he learned them to do everything, with a promise of a price. They go shopping. Driving on the driver's seat. Well, to dissapoint you, this is happening only during picture time. He is making a deal, if he could take a try in real life, which is nice.
   I wish all animals have a chance to do this. This article is amazing, even though it doesn't have to do with science.

   

Rabbit

Phew, We dodged Another falling Satelite

http://www.dogonews.com/2011/10/26/phew-we-dodged-another-falling-satellite
By: Meera Dolesia 
On: 10/26/2011
   Last month, an American satellite was threatening us by the news it broke to pieces in space, and that the debris would crash into the Earth. We all gave a sign of relief when we heard it landed in the ocean. Well, last weekend, a German satellite was our concern. Luckily, it ended up in the  Indian Ocean close to Sri Lanka, and there were no causalities. This is lucky, because, astronomers expected the junk to end in the highly populated cities of Chi
    When satellites are doing a mission, they are in touch with a space center at all times. Well in this case, the satellite completed its task, and on the way home, in the space center, all communications and touch with the satellite is lost. Also, the satellite disappeared from the radar. That's what the astronomers were biting their lips for. And the whole population, after the news have been spread.
   When I heard this, I was a little freaked out, but now when I read the part that all the debris is on the bottom of the ocean, it's easier to breathe.