From body art painting in Austria to the special club in the north pole!
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Get your own dose of fun and excitement after visiting these incredible events:
Portschach am Worthersee, Austria. Every single summer the artists from more than fifty countries gather for presenting their catching painting skills, turning the bodies of models into astonishing artworks and leaving spectators absolutely amazed!
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Hadaka Matsuri, Okayama, Japan. A rather strange festival which makes 9000 men get together in one temple, naked. Well almost, they do wear some loin cloth, but this tradition is holding up to 500 years already. The men are supposed to run though the fountain with freeing water aiming to clean up the body and soul. After total cleaning they proceed to a hundred special sticks competition which will bring them good luck.
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Kumbh Mela, India. The festival is taking place around all the country- the time when locals gather to take a bath in a holy river to clean themselves from the sins. So far it is the most peaceful gathering in the whole world. But not everyone is allowed to go in the water naked, only the most respected of men can take off their clothes.
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Snow sledging in Altenburg, Germany. The participants are not totally naked, but allowed to wear underwear, gloves, helmets and boots, as the competition is hold in winter, so it is totally understandable. If you want to take part in nude sledging from 300 foot hill – more than welcome.
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South Pole, Antarctica. The 300 club is the strangest club ever known. Those brave researches who decide to spend winter months in the South Pole station are waiting for those days during the year when the temperature goes down to -100 degrees and what they do? They hop into the sauna with a temperature of 200 F for ten minutes and then run outside for a couple of yards away wearing only boots and run back in.....
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