Interesting Events In the World

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Chocolate Sculptures Exhibition, Hong Kong


A chocolate sculpture of the Colosseum

A shopping mall in Hong Kong is playing host to a 'Chocolate World Heritage' exhibition from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20. As a part of the exhibition, several chocolate sculptures by renowned Italian chocolatier Mirco Mirco Della Vecchia are on display. Mirco Della Vecchia currently holds the Guinness World Records title for making the largest chocolate sculpture in the world.



A chocolate sculpture of Stonehenge, created by Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, is displayed as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibition in Hong Kong Jan. 20, 2011.


chocolate sculpture of Pisa



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Tough Guy Challenge 2011



The annual Tough Guy competition, an event which bills itself as 'the safest most dangerous taste of mental and physical pain, fear and endurance', took place around an eight mile course at Mr Mouse's Farm in Perton, near Telford on January 30.



The race consist of 21 obstacles aimed to test contestants fear of heights, tight spaces, fire, water and even electricity. The obstacles, set among 15 metre-high trees with swinging Tarzan ropes, include a fire leap, a dive through shoe-sucking mud, icy water swimming and includes a section called the Killing Fields. Within the Killing Fields contestants can expect to tackle the the Brandenburg Wall, Tyre Torture, Death Plunge, the Battle Of The Somme, Deadleg Swamp and the Vietcong Tunnels.



Other obstacles included a 40-foot crawl through flooded underground tunnels, balancing planks across a fire pit, and a half-mile wade through chest-deep muddy water. Marshals dressed as commandos fire machine-gun blanks and let off thunder flashes and smoke bombs over the heads of competitors as they crawl under a 70-meter section of barbed wire.



Tough Guy claims to be the world's most demanding one-day survival ordeal, with up to one-third of the starters failing to finish in a typical year.

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Westminster Dog Show 2011



New York is currently hosting the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden for the 135th year. Approximately 2,500 dogs arrived in NYC for the two day event on February 14-15, 2011. Hotels around the city are making accommodations for their furry guests' comfort, and on the city streets, there are more four-footed pedestrians than usual.



he first Westminster show was held on May 8, 1877, making it the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the United States behind only the Kentucky Derby, which was first held in 1875. Dogs are judged against their breed standards, to see how close each dog matches the standard description of the ideal specimen of that breed. Standards may include references relating form to function in the performance of the job that the dog was bred for, and may also include items that seem somewhat arbitrary such as color, eye shape, tail carriage and more.



There are seven breed groups in the event - Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, Non-Sporting, and Herding. The dogs compete at the breed level and winners of each breed advances into its respective group where more competitions await. The winning dog becomes "America's Dog" for the next year, and also becomes the world's newest single name celebrity. It begins its reign with a media tour on the day following the show with appearances on virtually all television network morning shows, a visit to the Observation Deck at the Empire State Building, and much more.



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Lemon Festival Begins in Menton



From February 18th to March 9th the French town of Menton on the Riviera is given over to the celebration of the fruit Lemon. The lemon festival is marked with the construction of sculptures made out of lemons and oranges, floats decorated with lemons are paraded on the streets with folk groups and baton-swinging majorettes. The evening processions are followed by fireworks that light up the bay and the waters of the Mediterranean.



It all started in 1929 when Menton became the continent's premier producer of lemons. In order to celebrate the first flower and citrus exposition was organized at the Hotel Riviera gardens. It was so successful that the following year, the exposition extended into the streets with wagons beautifully planted with oranges and lemons. In 1934 the Lemon Festival or Fête du Citron was officially born.






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International Balloon Festival at Chateau d'Oex



The International Balloon Festival in the picturesque alpine village of Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland, has been held for three decades. This 33rd year at the Swiss resort were 18 pilots from different countries and about 80 hot air balloons of different sizes, colors and patterns.



Held in January each year, the International Balloon Festival attracts ballooners from around the globe. The picture of colorful balloons against the snow-capped Alpine peaks is unforgettable.





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Monkey Buffet Festival in Thailand


Lopburi, in Thailand, is famous for its long-tailed macaque monkeys who roam freely throughout the town. Locals believe that the monkeys bring good fortune, and thus an annual feast is held in their honor. In the yearly Monkey Buffet Festival, these fearsome animals are invited to the Pra Prang Sam Yod temple and offered foods ranging from fruits, biscuits to coke. Some of the treats are even encased in blocks of ice to give the monkeys some entertainment before their treat. Over 2,000 kg of fruits and vegetables are offered to the attending guest monkeys.



The Monkey Buffet Festival is held every year on the last Sunday of November.





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Butterfly Exhibition at RHS Garden Wisley, UK

The Royal Horticulture Society is holding a butterfly exhibition at Wisley, Surrey, UK, until March 6, that is, tomorrow. The Garden of Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, Surry, just south of London is one of the most popular botanical gardens of Great Britain.


Peleides Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) - a huge butterfly from South America with a wing span measuring 7.5 to 20 cm.



Golden Birdwing (Troides rhadamantus)


Owl butterfly (Caligo memnon). Butterfly of the Amazon rainforest. Larvae of these moths are able to devote a special substance that deters them from ants.


Great Mormon (Papilio memnon). This butterfly is common in Southeast Asia.

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Political Satire at German Carnival 2011


A carnival float shows talian prime minister’s curious relationship with the mafia

Cologne is one of those cities that holds two carnivals each year. The one, which is currently underway, starts in February-March and the other is held in November.

The highlights of the carnival on the western German city of Cologne include marching bands and dancers that parade down the streets throwing confetti, sweets, flowers, and toys. And of course, the floats. The elaborate floats often show caricatured figures mocking politicians and other personaliti.German Carnival 2011


A carnival float ridiculing Nokia’s mass layoffs in their companies.


A carnival float, depicting Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi with a barrel of oil, is kissed by a man symbolizing Europe with a sack of money


A carnival float shows Arab nations as a house of falling cards, with former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi


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Mass Pillow Fight in Berlin



Hundreds of young people assembled in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Sunday with the aim of breaking the world record for the largest pillow fight. The action which started almost abruptly at around 4 pm, took tourists, passersby and even the police by surprise as they were engulfed in a blizzard of feathers.



“This is complete chaos, I love it!” exclaimed Taichi Nagai, a visitor from Japan who had unwittingly walked straight into the action.



The event was organized with the goal of breaking the record for the largest pillow fight in history, currently held by a group in Somerset, England, which gathered 3,707 participants in 2008. Though official numbers for Sunday’s Kissenschlacht have not yet been released, more than 12,000 people responded to a Facebook event created by the pillow fight’s organizers.



As quickly as it started, the action ended soon thereafter. The mostly under 30 crowd dispersed after about an hour, leaving the Brandenburg Gate with a snow-like covering under the glow of the setting sun.

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Holi Celebrations Around The World




Holi, often called the festival of colors, is a spring religious festival celebrated by Hindus where people throw coloured powder and coloured water at each other and make merry. The festival is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and any country where there are large Indic populations.



The tradition of playing with colours on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu God Krishna. It is believed that young Lord Krishna was jealous of Radha's fair complexion. After questioning his mother Yashoda on the darkness of his complexion, Yashoda, teasingly asked him to colour Radha's face in which ever colour he wanted. In a mischievous mood, Lord Krishna applied colour on Radha's face, hence the tradition of applying color.







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