Học tiếng Anh từ những lễ hội kỳ lạ trên thế giới

Battle of the oranges Ivrea, Italy (February): The origin of this event is hazy, but one thing is clear: this is Italy’s biggest food fight, and it’s carried out exclusively via the medium of oranges.

- hazy (adj) /ˈheɪ.zi/: không rõ, mù mờ

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Hadaka Matsuri Okayama, Japan (February): Though the translation is “Naked Festival”, participants rarely get completely stark. Mostly, it’s just 9.000 blokes in tiny loincloths, receiving purification from temple water and hoping for a lucky year.

- stark (adj) /stɑːrk/: trần truồng

- loincloth (n) /ˈlɔɪn.klɒθ/: cái khố

- purification (n) /ˌpjʊə.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/: sự thanh lọc, tẩy uế

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Naki Sumo Tokyo, Japan (April): This one is very straightforward. Two sumo wrestlers stand opposite each other in a ring, each holding an infant born the previous year, each attempting to make the other’s child cry. If they don’t cry? The ref puts on a scary mask.

- straightforward (adj) /ˌstreɪtˈfɔː.wəd/ thành thật, không rắc rối

- wrestler (n) /ˈres.lər/: đô vật

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La Tomatina bunol, Spain (last Wednesday of August): Another food fight, La Tomatina uses an estimated 40 metric tons of tomatoes each year. The rule states that tomatoes must first be squashed to avoid injury, only tomatoes are to be used, and there is no ripping off t-shirts.

- rip (v) /rɪp/: xé

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Wife-carrying championship, Finland (July): Men must carry a wife (it doesn’t have to be his own) around an obstacle course in the fastest time. The rules stipulate that the wife must be at least 17 years old and weigh 49 kilograms.

- stipulate (v) /ˈstɪp.jʊ.leɪt/: quy định

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Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea (July): Perhaps the weirdest thing about this is that it was originally designed as a vehicle to market cosmetics. Mud is trucked into make “Mud Experience Land”. And that people take their clothes off and bath in the mud.

- truck (v) /trʌk/: chở bằng xe tải

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Monkey buffet festival Lopbiri, Thailand (November): The monkeys aren’t in the buffet. Instead, fruit and vegetables are prepared in a buffet for the local monkey population by top chefs. They feast like primate kings at the local temple, while people watch on… hungrily.

- feast (v) /fiːst/: ăn tiệc, ăn cỗ

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