Festivals in Europe

European festivals are filled of joy and have a very unique sense of flavour; they enjoy their lives in their own very special way. Festivals consist of their traditional rituals, such as film festival, carnivals, and other types that some may consider bizarre. The months of July and August bring a lot of festivity and cheer in the form of the tomato fights in Bunole, Spain. During the last Wednesday of August, the town turns into a bowl of tomato sauce. The running of bulls in the narrow streets of Pamplona Spain during the week of July 6 to 14 is a festival known worldwide. The people of Cooper’s Hill of England are known to roll cheese down hills, From July 2nd until August 16th, the people of Palio Italy enjoy the bareback, breakneck horse race , using whips more on other riders than on the horses themselves.
The Christmas season is fun and festive time to be anywhere in Europe from a few weeks before the holiday until January 6th. Fortunately, so far in Europe Christmas hasn’t yet been completely commercialized like it has been known to be in other parts of the world. There are crèches or nativity scenes in chapels, public squares all over Europe. Some are modern, others are traditional. In the town of Oberndorf, North of Salzburg Austria, where Silent Night was written, it is sung with gusto on Christmas Eve. Another well known festivity is when the world can watch the pope lean out his window in Rome at noon to give a mass blessing broadcast on December 25.

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