HOLIDAYS
MEDIEVAL FOOTBALL CALCIO STORICO
FUNERAL MARCH OF THE SARDINE
BEGINNING WITHOUT END
UP-HELLY-AA FESTIVAL
100

What holiday brings together about 600 macaques?

Monkey Buffet

Обезьяний банкет

100

What are the winners rewarded with?

a cow

корова

100

In which country is this unusual holiday celebrated?

Spain

Испания

100

Burning

Man

100

How do Scots dress for the festival?

They dress like ancient Vikings

Одеваются как древние викинги

200

What is the main competitive event of the chicken festival?

Eating chicken wings

поедание куриных крылышек

200

How many city districts have their football teams?

4

200

What was the name of the monarch of Spain whose order served as the tradition of celebrating this holiday?

Carlos III

Карлос 3

200

Night

of Radishes

200

What is the festival of APHELLIO, what is it a festival of?

The largest fire festival in Europe

Самый большой праздник огня в Европе

300

Why does a masked man jump over a group of girls during the Corpus Christi celebration?

to protect children from evil spirits

для защиты детей от злых духов

300

What do the players' uniforms look like?

Velvet berets, medieval waistcoats, trousers and boots

Бархатные береты, средневековые камзолы, панталоны и сапоги

300

Who is appointed the honorary widow and queen of the holiday?

The funeral procession is accompanied by mourners, disguised mustachioed men, from whom the most "inconsolable" is then chosen

Траурное шествие сопровождают плакальщицы, переодетые усатые мужчины, из которых потом и выбирают самую «безутешную»

300

Cooper's Hill

Cheese-Rolling

300

How many people are involved in the theatrical performance?

more than 1000

более 1000

400

In what century was the Schleicherlaufen Festival first officially mentioned?

15th century

15 век

400

What games are similar to football at the same time?

Rugby and bloody boxing without gloves

регби и кровавый бокс без перчаток

400

What is done with the sardine at the end of the holiday?

The dummy sardine is burned at the end of the holiday, and the ashes are buried in the ground

Муляж сардины в конце праздника сжигают, а пепел зарывают в землю

400

Naked

Mens' Festival

400

What do Scots do with a ship on the coast?

all the people throw all their torches on it and burn it to the ground

все люди кидают на него все свои факелы и сжигают дотла

500

In which city and country is the unusual annual Birdman Rally celebrated?

In the UK, in the city of Bognor

В Великобритании, в городе Богнор

500

Which central square in Florence is transformed into a football field?

Piazza Santa Croce

Пьяцца Санта Кроче

500

Which artist captured the Funeral March of the Sardine on one of his canvases?

Francisco Goya

Франсиско Гойя

500

World Mountain  

Oyster Championship

500

When and in which city is one of the most beloved holidays of the Scots celebrated?

January 31, in the city of Leriuk

31 января в городе Лериуке