The list of the most decadent parties in the world, guaranteeing great pleasure to its participants.
1. The carnival of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil. Date: from February 2 to 5. It gathers about 700,000 tourists annually and enriches the economy of Rio-de-Janeiro by about 500 million dollars.
2. The Mardi Gras, New Orleans, United States. Date: from February 2 to 5. Initially it was a costume party for the arrival of spring in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
3. Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany. Date: from September 20 to October 5. It’s a festival of beer, knot cookies, fried chicken, merry-go-rounds, and good humor. Annually it enriches the local economy by 1.4 billion dollars.
4. New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas, United States. Date: from December 31 to January 1. During this night a bottle of champagne costs one thousand dollars.
5. El Ensirro (Spanish national tradition whereby people flee from bulls, cows and calves, intentionally releasing them). Date: from July 6 to 14. Location: Pamplona, Spain.
6. The festival “Burning Man”, the town of Black Rock, state of Nevada. Date: from August 25 to September 1. The tradition of the “Burning Man” festival arose in 1985, when actors and spectators of the San Francisco street performance burned a wooden giant, about 2.5 meters high, on the beach. Since then, the wooden giant has been growing, and the participants of the event have been thinking more and more about new pranks and objects to burn, scripts and lore.
7. Bastille Day, Paris, France. Date: July 14. It is dedicated to the Great French Revolution and, specifically, to the day the Bastille was conquered in 1789.
8. Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, United States. Date: from June 28 to 29. It is a march of sexual minorities, organized by the activists of the gay movement.
9. Love Parade, Dortmund, Germany. Date to be confirmed. In 2007 it was organized in Essen. It attracts millions of dance music lovers from all over the world.
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