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If you\u2019ve attended music festivals like Lollapalooza in Chicago<\/a> or Bonnaroo in Tennessee<\/a> during a rain storm, then you\u2019ve seen a perfectly celebratory setting get messy very quickly. (So. Much. Mud.) It can be a major buzzkill to your weekend. But a sloppy festival environment isn\u2019t that big of a deal when it\u2019s exactly what you signed up for. At these events\u2014some of the messiest festivals in the world\u2014a little grime and untidiness is encouraged.<\/p>\n

Related: Check out the world’s most unusual ice cream flavors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

La Tomatina Festival<\/a>: Bunol, Spain<\/strong>
\nHeld on the last Wednesday of August, barley clothed participants storm the streets of the Valencian town of Bunol<\/a> to throw more than 150,000 tomatoes at each other\u2014talk about painting the town red. If you find yourself taking part, remember to squash your tomatoes before throwing them to help avoid any injuries.<\/p>\n

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Photo: “Tomatina 2006” by Graham McLellan from London, UK | Wiki Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Holi Festival: India<\/strong>
\nThis colorful festival celebrates the beginning of spring in India<\/a> and Nepal<\/a>. Festival-goers say goodbye to winter by tossing brightly colored powder and water on each other while dancingand singing. Can\u2019t make it to India? Similar Holi festivals<\/a> take place each spring in major cities like New York<\/a> and Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Boryeong Mud Festival<\/a>: Boryeong, South Korea<\/a><\/strong>
\nMud is a major ingredient in a variety of skincare products (mud masks, anyone?), so in 1998 a South Korean cosmetics company celebrated this fact by organizing a mud fest. The event now attracts more than 2.6 million visitors who descend upon the city every July to partake in messy activities like mud flights, mud slides, mud wrestling, mud baths and more.<\/p>\n

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LaBatalla de Vino de Haro<\/a> (Wine Fight of Haro): Haro, Spain<\/strong>
\nWine lovers might flinch at this set-up: Every year at the end of June, locals and a few tourists march up a mountain in La Rioja, Spain<\/a> with a bunch of wine\u2014but instead of drinking it, they spray and splash it on each other. The festivities last until around 5am the next day, when everyone is completely soaked in the red stuff.<\/p>\n

World Bodypainting Festival: Poertschach, Austria<\/strong>
\nFor almost 20 years now, artists from around the world gather each July in tiny Poertschach to compete for world championship titles in body painting. The week-long festival<\/a> features hundreds of models being painted live on-site, and many visitors partake, too. Just be careful about where you sitafter a bodypainting session.<\/p>\n

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International Pillow Fight Day<\/a>: Worldwide<\/strong>
\nAs part of the Urban Playground Movement (where artists do interesting things in public spaces), this \u201choliday\u201d celebrates the art of pillow fighting. Groups in a variety of cities (ranging from Salt Lake City<\/a> to Madrid<\/a> and Shanghai<\/a> to Cincinnati<\/a>) gather in public parks for a massive\u2014and friendly\u2014pillow fight. If you see a lot of feathers floating in the air on April 2, this is why.<\/p>\n

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