Every fall Berlin is filled with a variety of projections and illuminations. This spectacular October event is known as the Festival of Lights. Inside this post, you are invited to an incredible ‘lightseeing’ tour.

Welcome to the Black Rock desert. This desert is home to the Burning Man Festival. Some very strange looking people attend the event but there is plenty to see and do plus it is a great place to express your creativity.

In Pamplona, Spain there were thousands of thrill seekers running ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city during this year’s San Fermin festival. Although, four people were taken to the hospital, no one was gored.

The annual week long music festival brings together some of the biggest bands and stars, this year Beyonce, U2 and Coldplay will be performing, for a very wet experience. As these pictures show, a high tolerance for mud is required to endure this extremely dirty event.

These are photos of a tattoo convention in Toronto, Canada. These conventions are the kinds of places where you can see the very best of skin art.

Recent set of pictures of lovers of "dark" music from Wave-Gotik-Treffen Festival 2011.

Enjoy!

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Wave-Gotik-Treffen Festival 2010 (47 pics)

The Afrika Burn festival is a great event that is held annyally in the Karoo. This semi-desert area gathers together thousands of people who express themselves in the most creative ways. Some couples like to marry during this festival. People also create massive art pieces that are burned to the ground on the final night of Afrika Burn.

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to attend this huge music festival, now you know. There are a lot of scantily clad white girls, including Paris Hilton, shaking their money makers for all the world to see at this outside concert.

Each year in Valencia, Spain the citizens put on a five-day celebration of Saint Joseph that culminates with the burning of the fallas or ninots (puppets). These puppets are constructed throughout the year and then destroyed in a fiery blaze, making for compelling images. Parades worldwide should take their cue from this festival.

Who wouldn’t want ink spread all over their flesh, including their neck, hands and backs? Apparently there are quite a few people in love with covering most of their bodies with colorful tattoos, and even a few willing to modify their bodies in the name of art.

Yeah its Friday! We are all happy to see the end of another week draw to a close. A lot of us got snow and bluster, but now we can relax at home and let the snow fall down without having to venture outdoors. Here are some pics to help you keep busy during that downtime.

Grrr Gonna Get Ya!

Last year we published pictures from the Burning Man Festival 2009, this time we propose you to take a look at a big selection of the best shots from this festival through out the years.

For those who don’t know what this festival is about: do you remember Malcolm in the middle? It the episode when they try to sneak out with Reese to the festival in the desert, which turns into a family vacation when Hal and Lois get in on it. Well, they were heading to this same festival of crazy self-expression :)

 A Bunch of photos from Wave-Gotik-Treffen which is an annual world festival for "dark" music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. The festival also features several fairs with medieval, gothic and cultural merchandise.

These photos are of the world’s biggest tomato fight taking place in Bunol, Spain. The fight is among about 40,000 tourists and uses 100 tons of ripe tomatoes. The fight is part of an annual festival that has taken place for the past 60 years.

See pictures of last year’s edition here:

The Tomatina 2009

In fact, these people look nice and friendly, though the outfits are a bit spooky. Would you participate?

The Ostrich Festival was created in Arizona in 1989. It is held annually and attracts thousands of fun-lovers, who enjoy attractions, music, parade and ostrich races. Would you dare to ride an ostrich?  

Thousands of tourists and residents in Spain sprayed each other with wine during the famous San Fermin bull-running festival. This is a street drinking party that lasts for 9 days. “Viva San Fermin!,” this traditional shout from the City Hall balcony started the festival. It was followed by the firecracker’s firing called the chupinazo.

Peru’s Guinea Pig Festival gathered together many “cuy” owners. Guinea pigs look cute, funny and bizarre in fashion contest. But the weirdest thing about this festival is what people do afterwards with their cute pets…

This famous Japanese festival is held every 6 years in the Lake Suwa. Onbashira means “the honored pillars” and consists of two parts: Yamadashi that takes place in April and Satobiki that is celebrated in May. Men prepare for the first part by cutting down huge trees that will be used as logs later on. During Yamadashi, participants have to drag these logs down the mountain. Young guys show how brave they are in “Ki-otoshi” ceremony by riding the tree poles on the slope. It’s rather spectacular.