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Is there a festival for monkeys?

The city of Lopburi, Thailand, holds an annual Monkey Buffet Festival where the local macaques are served huge piles of fruit and food.

Burning Man is held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

In India, strings of mango leaves are hung over doors during festivals.

The Menton Lemon Festival in France features huge sculptures made of lemons and oranges.

Traverse City, Michigan, calls itself the Cherry Capital of the World and hosts the National Cherry Festival.

Lisbon celebrates Saint Anthony on June 13 with festivals and sardines.

About 400,000 people attended the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

Tomorrowland is a huge electronic music festival in Belgium.

The NYC Musical Saw Festival set a Guinness record for the largest musical saw ensemble.

An annual nyckelharpa gathering is held in Österbybruk, Sweden.

La Tomatina is a festival in Buñol, Spain, where people throw tomatoes at each other.

Giant pumpkin regattas have people paddling hollowed-out pumpkins as boats.

Ottawa's Canadian Tulip Festival began after the Netherlands gave Canada tulips to thank it for sheltering the Dutch royal family during WWII.

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is held in Washington state.

In China, the peony is called the "king of flowers," and the city of Luoyang holds a famous peony festival.

Swami Satchidananda gave the opening speech at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

A large fair is held at the Gorakhnath Temple on Makar Sankranti, where devotees offer khichdi.

Cannon Beach has held a sandcastle contest since 1964.

Astoria holds a Scandinavian festival celebrating its heritage.