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The Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling is an annual event held in the spring break on a hill “Cooper Hill”, near “Gloucester”, located in the city of the “Cotswolds” in England, the event, which took the name of the nominee of the hill and foremost it is a traditional event was popular participation of citizens from a local village called “Brokort ", but now it has become a global event in which people participate from different world

There are a lot of rumors that talk about the beginning of the event. Retired Professor "Jean Jeffries" and the author of a book about "cheese rolling" races says: "The words abound for this contest and beginning. It is said that the competition has been done while the presence of the "Phoenicians" to visit Britain before 1000 years AD, or perhaps "the Romans", which is still their fortresses located in Upper Hill, or she may be one of the old rituals that are held to celebrate the "fertility of men", no one actually asserts when the cheese rolling contest began.

Cheese Ball contest rolling be a ball of "Gloucester" cheese double, thrown from the heights of the hill begins contenders ran from the top of the hill to the bottom, hoping to capture a ball of cheese, and the first person gets the cheese and up to the bottom of the hill is the winner cheese ball, but the competition is not easy As everyone thinks the speed of the competitors during the run up to more than 70mph (112 km / h), which means that the competitor may roll over repeatedly injures or that his head hit the trunk of a tree in the worst conditions.

Cheese ball before it is used in the race are licensed by the British Ministry of Food. Where they are saved in a circular stage, through the tree hole and fill it with cheese according to the old traditional way in Britain, then the tree is wrapped white paper and decorated with ribbons red and blue colors of the proportion of England.

( startimes.com)

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The Canadian Tulip Festival is a celebration of international friendship, born with the gift of 100,000 tulip bulbs has done Princess Juliana of the Netherlands in 1945 in the city of Ottawa, Canada's Capital in gratitude Ottawa had given refuge to members of his family in exile during World war II and the role that Canadian troops played in liberating the Netherlands at the end of the war.

The Canadian Tulip Festival is a spring meeting organized every year the raw quinzienne of May, The festival welcomes nearly 500,000 visitors, he just saw a wide variety of flowering tulips Major's Hill Park in Ottawa.

Major's Hill Park (festival area) behind the Chateau Laurier near the Museum of Fine Arts (where there is the giant spider "Mom"). By bus must stop at the intersection between Mackenzie Avenue and St. Patrick Street.

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Every year the city of Aveiro in Portugal receives as part of an art festival, this large facility covering some city streets with umbrellas of different colors, called Sky Umbrella Project, and creating a large colored roof.

This installation with colorful umbrellas and hanging by a nylon thread 5 meters above the ground giving the impression of floating in the air. A simple work while a burst of color.

This festival is held in Aveiro city, which is the fifth Portuguese city in terms of population and the third in terms of economic power, a bustling city is often called the "Venice of Portugal" due to the large number of scenic connected by charming bridges and fast boats channels.

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Festival of Winter lights in the city of Kuwana in Japan, allows the Japanese to walk in a park lit by about 6 million lights and decorated with flowers from November to February .

Luminous tunnel in Festival of Winter lights 1

Usually, the tunnels are basic, ugly and unbreathable. Those Botanical Garden Kuwana, on the island of Nagashima, will make you change your mind! The green space has been completely fitted out for the festival of lights of the city, one of the most prestigious in the world.

Luminous tunnel in Festival of Winter lights 2

Luminous tunnel in Festival of Winter lights 3

Open to the public since November 3, you have the chance to visit Nabana no Sato (Garden name) until March 31, so do not wait! You can watch the sunrise over Mount Fuji in lights, or the appearance of boreal waves and to rainbows, looking up. A moment of magic to 2 hours drive from Kyoto and just over 3 hours from Tokyo.

After the snow festival in Sapporo, the Japanese are decidedly creative.

(pvtistes.net)

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