Buddhists flock to Thailand's tattoo festival for good luck, risking snake venom and cigarette ink, as they transform their bodies into powerful amulets, while others impersonate animals & scream, making it the wildest party @ Nakhon Pathom
Animal rights activists staged a naked protest against bullfighting on the first day of the Fallas festival @ Valencia, Spain, with signs & slogans aimed at the sport and its treatment of animals, although the city plans to hold several bullfighting shows during the festival
Spring's in the air and so are the calcots in Catalonia as the onion-eating contest sizzles back to life. One man takes the lead, chomping down 221 in an hour, making him the champion for the 12th time, the real 'onion king' of the Gran Festa de la Calcotada!