The tradition of holding Hot Dog Eating World Championship in New York on Independence Day has existed since 1916
© AP Photo/John Minchillo Residents of Australia's Port Lincoln also celebrate their country's independence day in a peculiar way: they compete in tossing a 10 kilograms frozen tuna
© AP Photo/Des Woolford In Great Britain Queen's birthday is celebrated with festivities and fireworkd. The peculiar fact is that the date is not the same as Queen's date of birth, but is officially set for one of June's Saturdays
© EPA/KAREL PRINSLOO One of Mexico's most famous festivals, the Day of the Dead, is celebrated with a picnic on a cemetery
© AP Photo/Felix Marquez In Chile's Talca cemetary is the site of New Year festivities. The tradition has existed since 1995, when one of the city's families celebrated New Year on the grave of a relative who'd died not long before
© Ilustre Municipalidad de Talca In Thailand people organize a feast for monkeys for a religious holiday on November 25
© EPA/NARONG SANGNAK In late February - early March Indians celebrate Holi. People wear bright colorfull clothes and splash colored water
© AP Photo /Manish Swarup The Dutch celebrate their king's birthday by holding a free market, where people with no special permission sell their old belongings
© AP Photo/Margriet Faber On Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland people wear national costumes. People in other countries celebrate the day as well
© AP Photo The reed dance in Swaziland is held annually in late August - early September. At the end of the dance the king chooses a wife among the dancers
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