環球之旅:美國五大最搞怪的傳統節日
Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona
At this annual bash celebrating the southern Arizona tradition of ostrich ranching, revelers can cheer on their preferred bird during a 50-minute ostrich race and then down an ostrich burger—presumably one not made of the losers.
鴕鳥節
在亞利桑那州舉行
一年一度的美國亞利桑那州南部的鴕鳥狂歡節上，狂歡者可以在限時50分鐘的鴕鳥賽跑中爲他們寵物加油，並得到一個鴕鳥漢堡——不過那可不是用輸掉比賽的鴕鳥肉做成的。
World Championship Punkin Chunkin,
Bridgeville，Delaware
How far can you chunk a pumpkin? Each November, competitors in this contest use catapults, centrifugal spinners, and other homemade contraptions to launch an eight- to ten-pound pumpkin as far as mechanically possible. The record: 4,483.51 feet
扔南瓜世界錦標賽
在特拉華州的布里奇維爾舉辦
你能把一個南瓜扔多遠呢？每年的11月份，參賽者都會用一些自制的工具，比如大彈弓滑輪等把重達8磅到10磅的南瓜儘可能地向遠處拋。目前的最佳紀錄是4,483.51英尺。
Kinetic Sculpture Race
BaltiMore, Maryland
Is it art—or transportation? Both, it turns out, when human-powered sculptures cross sea, mud, and sand in an eight-hour, 15-mile race along the city’s Inner Harbor each May. Past award winners have included two Elvis impersonators in a car nicknamed Hunk a Hunk of Burnin’ Junk.
動感雕塑大賽
在馬里蘭州的巴爾的摩舉行
那是個藝術品還是個交通工具呢？答案：都是。每年5月參賽者要沿着市內海灣大約15英里的距離，用人力打造的工具在8小時內穿越海洋，泥地和沙地。上屆獲勝者是兩位貓王的模仿者，他們駕駛一輛由廢舊物品組裝的名叫“帥哥”的小汽車奪冠。
Frozen Dead Guy Days
Nederland, Colorado
When Grandpa Bredo Morstoel died in 1989, his cryogenically minded family packed him in dry ice and placed him in a shed to await a cure for death. This annual March party honors him with a hearse parade, kid coffin races, and frozen turkey bowling.
冰封死人節
在科羅拉多州的尼德蘭小鎮舉行
當格蘭德.佈雷多的爺爺在1989去世時，其崇尚低溫生活的家人(編者按：佈雷多家族來自挪威)把他用乾冰包裹起來安置在棚屋裏，期待未來的某一天出現起死回生的方法。爲表示尊敬，在每年三月舉行的派對上都會出現靈車遊行，嬰兒棺材賽跑和冷凍火雞保齡球比賽等活動。
Sputnikfest
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
In September 1962, a chunk of glowing debris from Sputnik 4—one of the first Earth-orbiting satellites, launched by the Soviet Union—fell from the sky onto a street in downtown Manitowoc. The Russians reclaimed the piece, but the town hosts an annual festival to commemorate its arrival. Highlights: a Miss Space Debris contest—costumes made out of aluminum foil are common—and an Artta This World art fair.
人造衛星節
在威斯康星州的馬尼託沃克舉行
1962年9月，人造衛星4號的殘骸從太空墜落到馬尼託沃克的街道上，這個衛星是前蘇聯發射的第一批人造地球衛星中的一個。雖然後來俄國人要回了殘骸，但是這個小鎮每年都要紀念一下這顆衛星的造訪。注意！這不僅是爲紀念一顆隕落衛星的競賽，因爲參賽者要身着由鋁箔做成的服裝，更是一場世界藝術盛宴。
