Pumpkins Anyone?
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If you love pumpkins you must pay a visit to Ludwigsburg, Germany for the World's Largest Pumpkin Festival, an annual event held in the fall, that features - well, all things pumpkin, of course!
While the festival, which is held on the grounds of a 17th century castle, features all the normal pumpkin festival items, like competition for the largest pumpkin and all kinds of pumpkin foods, like pumpkin curry and pumpkin jelly, it also has some really cool things that nobody else has.
The first one is pumpkin sculptures - Each year, the organizers decide on a theme, like 'reach for the stars' or 'fairy tales' and the artists get to work building amazing themed structures with pumpkins.
And then, and this is my most favorite one, there is the giant pumpkin boat race - where they carve out large pumpkins and turn them into boats. They then have actual competitions where competitors sit inside and paddle with an oar, to the finish line. Who knows what the prize is, but I'm guessing it is something to do with pumpkins! I would do it just for the fun of it, wouldn't you?
Sources: dailymail.co.uk,dailytelegraph.co.uk,familyonthemove.blogspot.com
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- :palmost 14 yearsawsome! pumpkin boat!
- kili@live.jpalmost 14 yearscool
- chrisover 14 yearsawsome dude cool !!!
- jjover 14 yearsway cool
- LittlePover 14 yearsThats a Pumpkin!
- JD17 '!'over 14 yearsThat is one big pumpkin!
- sportyover 14 yearswow!
- mayaover 14 yearsit also looks cool at the same time i wish i could do it that would be AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- alexandraover 14 yearsthat is sick!!!!!!!! to bad that they dont do it in miami. that would make my life much more interesting!!!!!!!!!!!
- mayaover 14 yearsthat is just wrong!!!!!!!!