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    The most interesting festivals around the world

    Contents

    Introduction  1

    Baby Crying Day  2

    Cheese-rolling Festival  4

    Color Throwing Festival    5

    Fish Swallowing Festival    8

    International Pillow Fight Day   11

    Intemational Twins Festival   13

    Raincoat Festival  15

    Roswell UFO Festival   16 Tomato Festival  18

    Water Fighting Day  19

    Wife Carrying Festival   20

    World Body painting Festival   22

    International Pillow(枕头) Fight Day

        International Pillow Fight Day is held every April around the world-- from Amsterdam, Budapest, to New York.  It has been celebrated since 2008. Hundreds of people go out with their pillows hitting each other's face back and chest.  People dress up as superheroes and animals, laughing and fighting.

        The festival used to be a game to release(释放) energy and stress. Nowadays besides bringing fun, International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to quickly collect pillows for the homeless. In 2014, about 2,000 pillows were collected for the poor in Bronx and Brooklyn.

         Rules: Bring your own pillows and don't hit anyone without a pillow or with a camera.

         The Guinness World Record: The latest record of the largest pillow fight was set on October 27, 2013 in Chicago, with 4,500 pillows and 3,813 people.

    1. (1) The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in______.
      A . 2000 B . 2008 C . 2013 D . 2014
    2. (2) The latest Guinness World Record of the largest pillow fight was set in______.
      A . Chicago B . Amsterdam C . Budapest D . New York
    3. (3) You may read about on Page 19______.
      A . Baby Crying Day B . Color Throwing Festival C . Water Fighting Day D . World Bodypainting Festival

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