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Strange food festivals from around the world that actually sound fake!

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Dec 1, 2021, 15:54 IST
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Lesser-known food festivals!

Are you a foodie who loves to travel to different places to relish flavours? If yes, then this piece of information is for you. Today, we will tell you about some really amazing yet strange food festivals from around the world that you would love to try. While they make sound fake, they actually happen and are worth a visit. So, are you ready? (Image: istock)

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​World Testicle Eating Championship

The name of the festival says it all. In this quirky festival people enjoy eating animal testicles. From pizza to pasta, the festival witnesses a wide range of foods prepared by cooks and the common ingredient in all the dishes is animal testicles. A panel of judges announces the tastiest dish by the cook as ‘The Balliest Man in the World’. (Image: istock)

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​Olney Pancake Race

This joyous food festival has been celebrated by women of Onley, England since 1445. As per reports, women above 18 and those who have lived in the town for more than 3 months can participate in this race and have to wear a skirt, apron, cover their head, and should cook their own pancake. A total of 25 participants can take part in this race and run a distance of 415 yards from Onley Market Place to Parish Church. (Image: istock)

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​Giant Omelette Festival

This festival is celebrated during Easter, when people participate in preparing a 15000-egg omelette in Bessiers, a village in France. As per food historians, Napoleon Bonaparte simply loved the omelette at Bessieres, and he ordered every egg in the town to be broken to make a giant omelette for his troops, and since then they have been following this custom of making a giant omelette. (Image: istock)

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​Bugfest

It's a rare food festival held by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, where people eat all varieties of insects. Prepared by local chefs, the festival witnesses a wide range of insect delicacies and there are other fun activities around insects too. (Image: istock)

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​Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival

It's a 4-day festival in Fellsmere, Florida, where you get to eat a wide range of frog legs. Thanks to this festival, Fellsmere now holds the famous title of Frog Leg Capital of the World. (Image: istock)

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​Cheese Rolling

If you are a cheese lover and a good athlete, this festival is for you. Considered as one of the unique food festivals in the world, here on a steep hill stand several large wheels of cheese are rolled and participants have to catch their wheel of cheese as they roll down. The hill is so steep that the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour! (Image: istock)

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​Night of the Radishes

This unique food festival happens in Oaxaca, Mexico, where you actually don’t get to eat food. It is called Night of the Radishes and is celebrated on Dec 23 every year. For this festival, radishes are specially grown and are kept under the ground post harvest season so that they develop a strange shape and become unusually large. During the festival artisans carve intricate celebrity figurines, scenes, animals, and many other such elaborate creations. (Image: istock)


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