Contents

contents : everyone loves a festival; food for thought : food-throwing - ready set throw - orange battles in italy - pumpkin chucking in the USA; festivals on the run : cockroach racing in Australia - cheese rolling in england; festive fancy dress : bognor birdman - dress-up football in Florence - viking festival in York; strange and silly sculpture : kinetic sculpture in california - garlic sculpture in Canada - ice sculpture in Sapporo; strange traditions old and new : crying babies of Japan - plastering the mosque in Africa - festivals are fun; quiz; glossary; index;