Food festivals

KTU VAIZGANTAS PROGYMNASIUM DONE BY VILIUS JANUSKAITIS

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 Food festival

 A food festival is a festival, usually held annually, that uses food,

often produce, as its central theme. These festivals have always been
a means of uniting communities through celebrations of harvests and
giving thanks for a plentiful growing season.
 8 strangest food festivals around the
world

1. NIGHT OF THE RADISHES

2. TESTICLE FESTIVAL
3. CHINCHILLA MELON FESTIVAL
4. LA TOMATINA
5. BARNESVILLE POTATO FESTIVAL
6. LEMON FESTIVAL
7. CHEESE-ROLLING FESTIVAL
8. GALWAY OYSTER FESTIVAL
 Night of the Radishes
The Night of the Radishes (Noche de Los Rábanos in Spanish) is an annual event in the city of
Oaxaca, Mexico, dedicated to the carving of oversized radishes to create scenes that compete
for prizes in various categories.
  Testicle Festival
 A testicle festival is an event held at several small towns in
which the featured activity is the consumption of animal
testicles, usually battered and fried in United States.
   Chinchilla Melon Festival
 The Chinchilla Melon Festival has become a
renowned Queensland event. Held in February
every second year, the festival encompasses a week
of activities with the highlight being the classic
Family Fun Day and colourful street parade. 
 La Tomatina
 La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol,
a town located in the East of Spain 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the
Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get
involved in this tomato fight purely for entertainment purposes.
  Barnesville Potato Festival
 Barnesville Potato festival is in United States. Families
are encouraged to participate in the contests, which are
sometimes potato‑related. This Festival is a free festival
with activities for all ages.
 Lemon festival
 Vitamin C is in abundance in the French town of Menton on the
French Riviera of southeast France in this festival that takes place for
three weeks every year, usually across February and March. The 145
tones of local lemons and oranges are used to decorate the city,
though, rather than being eaten.
 Cheese-Rolling Festival
 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Festival in Gloucestershire,
south west England. A wild festival of steep hills, a heavy
dairy product and plenty of injuries. Cheese is sent rolling
down the hill, and competitors then start racing down the hill after it.
The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the
cheese.
  Galway Oyster Festival
 The Galway International Oyster Festival is a food festival held
annually in Galway on the west coast of Ireland on the last weekend
of September, the first month of the oyster season.
 Vocabulary
 Radishes – ridikėliai Abundance – gausybė
 Annual – metinis Rather - greičiau
 Testicle – sėklidė Bottom - apačia
 Consumtion – vartojimas Oyster - austriukas
 Renowned – žinomas Produce - pagaminti
 Encompasses – apima
 Highlight – pabrėžti
 Held – surengti
 Purely – grynai
 Encourage - paskatinti
Thanks for your attention!