1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: You're listening to Part Time Genius, the production of Kaleidoscope 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: and iHeartRadio. Guess what Will? 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 2: What's that Mango? 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: So I am so angry because we missed Stuart Pennington's 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: World Championship Running of the Tubs again this year. 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Okay, so here's the thing I've always wondered about Stuart Pennington. 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: Who is Stuart Pennington? 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: You don't remember Stuart from college? 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: I don't know. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: Stuart Pennington was this booster and this businessman from Hot Springs, Arkansas, 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: and he was trying to figure out a fun way 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: to bring more tourists to town. So I didn't realize this, 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: but Hot Springs actually has some fun novelty events already. 14 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: The shortest, Saint Patrick's Day Parade is I think their 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: most popular. It's a ninety eight feet long. But anyway, 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: building off that idea, he came up with the idea 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: of this world Championship baptub race, and now it's named 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: in his honor. 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: You know, I actually vaguely remember this one from back 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: in our Mental Flaws days, but I did always wonder, like, 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: why race bathtubs? 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good question. Apparently Hot Springs has this 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: beautiful section called Bathhouse Row, and it's full of spas, 24 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: these like architectural gems that are built over the town's 25 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: natural hot springs. They were built there in the eighteen 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: nineties to nineteen twenties, and that's about the period where 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: people are really getting into sanitariums. Anyway, the tubs are 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: kind of an homage or almost a nod to the bathhouses, 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: and the races sound really fun. Apparently, each team has 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: to have five members, a captain, a bathtowel attendant, a 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: b attendant, a soap attendant, and alofa attendant in size. 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: They're the ones doing the pushing. Meanwhile, the captain steers 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: the tub from inside, and all the attendants can only 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: push with one hand because they have to hold on 35 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: to their other item the whole race, whether that's the 36 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: soap or the bath mat or whatever. 37 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: I like all the specifics of this. This actually sounds 38 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: pretty great. 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a hood, but there are also obstacles along 40 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: the course, and the judges can make up rules on 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: the fly. Also, you are free to bribe judges, and 42 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: if you bribe the right ones, they'll let you pass, 43 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 1: and if you bribe the wrong ones, they'll actually hold 44 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 1: you up at various detours. The crowd really gets into 45 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: the whole thing. You're encouraged to pelt teams with water 46 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: balloons and water guns along the way. And there's one 47 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: last rule. You can decorate the tub and dress up 48 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: in any theme you want, but everyone has to wear suspenders, right, 49 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: of course, that's the only logical anyway, Maybe next year 50 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: we should get a team together, but apparently the town 51 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: makes it really easy. They even provide stock bathtubs on 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: wheels for you to decorate if you're inclined. But the 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: fact that we missed Stuart Pennington's World Championship running in 54 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: the tubs this year gave me major fomo, and I 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure we didn't miss any other strange 56 00:02:50,840 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: and important summer festivals. So why don't we dig in? Hey, 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: their podcast listeners, Welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will 58 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Pearson and as always I'm here with my good pow 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: mangash hot ticket here and sitting behind that big booth 60 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: carving a giant slab. I think that is spam into 61 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: a beautiful sculpture just in time for Spamfest. 62 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: Mango. That's our pal Dylan. Can you see what he's 63 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: carving over there. 64 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: I think it's is it it like spam b Arthur. 65 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: Or it looks a little b arthurish Margaret Thatcher, I can't. 66 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure he's a big Golden Girls fan, so 67 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with b Arthur. But you're right, it's 68 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: it's either way. It is very, very impressive, all right. 69 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: So the weather is changing in New York. Mango now. 70 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 2: I know that it is, was just there last week 71 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: and it's finally getting to be summer. But here in Alabama, 72 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 2: my kids have been off from school for a while now, 73 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: so I'm curious when does summer vacation start for you guys. 74 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's still a couple of weeks away. Kids in 75 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: New York are basically in class until July, which is 76 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: so hard when the weather is nice. Yeah. Actually you 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: know this, But that year where we moved from New 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: York to Atlanta, Henry, who was like seven at the time, 79 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: was so excited for summer. He's really one of those 80 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: kids who's built for camp and built for summer, and 81 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: so he gets off school in July, and then we 82 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: got to Atlanta and he had to be in school 83 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: on August first, and I don't know when it dawned 84 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: on him that he only had like a month of 85 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: summer vacation, but he was so angry. 86 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 2: I get it, he should have been. That's rough. 87 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: But you know, since I have a few more weeks 88 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: before our summer vacation really begins, this is kind of selfish, 89 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: but I want to hear more about some of the 90 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: weirdest summer festivals just in case we can sneak one 91 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: in on the calendar. 92 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 2: I like that. That's a good idea. All right, Well, 93 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: I will jump in here, and I think I will 94 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: start with the messiest festival that I can find. Now, 95 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: some people might want to talk about Great Throwing Festival 96 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: or that tomato tossing festival in Spain, But if you 97 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: want real, real messiness, you're looking to do some international 98 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: travel as well. You've got ahead to Boryong in South Korea. 99 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know about getting dirty, but the international 100 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: travel part of it sounds appealing, So why don't you 101 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: tell me a little more? 102 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: All right? So, Borjong is this town in the western 103 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: coast of South Korea. But every July for two weeks, 104 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: there's this giant mud festival there. Now, I know what 105 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: you're thinking, this probably reminds you of the giant mud 106 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 2: party that happened on the quad in college, which was 107 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 2: a total disaster, although funny to watch, but it is 108 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 2: nothing like that. 109 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that mud party was the worst. It 110 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a bubble. 111 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: Party, a bubble party, and all college kids love a 112 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: good bubble party, I think, yeah. 113 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: But then that machine malfunctioned and just spit out like 114 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: tiny bits of soap, and it was raining, and it 115 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: just turned into like a ridiculous mud wrestling pit. It 116 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: was so gross. 117 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: Yes it was. 118 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: But I mean I assume at this mud festival people 119 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: just get muddy, right, well. 120 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 2: I mean that is part of the name. But you've 121 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 2: got to remember this is no ordinary mud mango. We 122 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: are talking premium South Korean mud here. Keep that in mind. 123 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: I like that, so, so tell me a little more. 124 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: Well, in the nineteen nineties, Borjong had fallen on hard times, 125 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: and the beaches were kind of laughed at because the 126 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: water was dirty with mud and it wasn't the sort 127 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: of pristine thing you would travel for. Also, local manufacturing 128 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: had shut down, and things for various reasons were pricey. 129 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: But when the towns mayor read this report that Boryong 130 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: mud was superior to other MUDs for skin care, he 131 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: helped bootstrap this industry around it. Apparently the mud has 132 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: these various nutrients and qualities that are beneficial for cosmetic care. 133 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: And because Boryong mud Flats had mud all over the place, 134 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: it turned into a real driver of business. And then 135 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 2: slowly as the town wanted to glamorize this mud and 136 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 2: the pr around it sort of just kept growing. It's 137 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: art of this giant mud festival. 138 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: What happens at the mud Festival. 139 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: Well, it's for two weeks every July. Millions of people 140 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: flock to the town. Seriously, millions of people flocked to 141 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 2: the town for all sorts of muddy events. Now this 142 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: is according to the official site. There's mud wrestling, mud sliding, 143 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 2: mud swimming, and a muddy marathon which just sounds like torture. 144 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's a full marathon. There's also 145 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: something called a mud prison, which I'm not sure what 146 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: that is. But best of all, if you show up, 147 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 2: you can get free mud like they'll dollop it into 148 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: your hands and it's yours. Mango like you can fly 149 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: home with it. You can go home with it. Yeah, 150 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: you get to keep the mud. It's pretty amazing. Plus 151 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 2: there's food, there's fireworks. I don't think either of those 152 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: are made of mud, hopefully not. And most importantly it 153 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 2: ends in a big K pop concert, which is just 154 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: a blast. And because I know how finicky you are, 155 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 2: there are also lots and lots of places to wash off, 156 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: from jumping in the sea to water spouts everywhere. It's 157 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: really this joyous of and the real promise is that, 158 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: after all the mudtastic fun, which is a phrase I 159 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: pulled from the official site, you are going to walk 160 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: away with glowing skin, so sort of an added benefit. 161 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: Well, here's the summer festival I like. It takes place 162 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: in August. It's called the Burning of z Zobra or 163 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: burns Azobra, and it's in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Speaking 164 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: of which, have you ever hung out in Santa Fe 165 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: or like spend time in New Mexico. 166 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: I have actually never been to Santa Fe. You know, 167 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: there's that group that I get together with once a 168 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: year to just kind of make up our own half 169 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 2: marathon somewhere, and Santa Fe has always been on the list. 170 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 2: One of the things that scares us is the elevation 171 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 2: there in terms of, you know, adjusting to that for 172 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 2: a good run. But I've always wanted to go. I know, 173 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: it's just beautiful there. 174 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we went last summer and it was 175 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: like a wonderful and easy trip. And you know that 176 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: writer Rachel Sime, she made a list for this friend 177 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: of mine who was going on the trip, and it 178 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: was just all these incredible things to do in New Mexico, 179 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: and it was so wonderful between like the landscapes and 180 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: the high in the food. So I've been evangelizing that. 181 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: But back to Zazobra. The whole festival comes from this 182 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: artist named Will Schuster, and this is way back in 183 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty four. I guess he and his friends formed 184 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: this little club where you could only be a member 185 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: if you could spin great yarns. So it's this like 186 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: colorful group of characters and they decided to throw a 187 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: big annual party. But at the end of it, they 188 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: wanted something meaningful. So the names of Zobra, according to 189 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: the festival site, means anguish, anxiety or gloom in Spanish, 190 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: and the idea is that they wanted to create this 191 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: giant's Zobra character. It started out just six feet high, 192 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: but today it's a fifty foot high marionette, and they 193 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: light it on fire at the end of the festival, 194 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: and they keep it dancing through the flames, which is, 195 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, amazing because it's a marionette. But here's the thing. 196 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: Instead of just lighting this big marionette on fire, everyone 197 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: celebrating fills it with their worries. So some people will 198 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: stuff old parking tickets in or paid off mortgages, or 199 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: some people actually put their divorce papers in the pile, 200 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: or you know a lot of people just write their 201 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: anxieties and put it on paper and then you know, 202 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: slip it in. And then this gigantic effigy of wood, 203 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: wire and cloth goes up in flames. There's a whole 204 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: ceremony and parade that leads up to the fire. But 205 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: the idea is that you can leave your worries and 206 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: get some relief from it all. Actually, this is a 207 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: note that will Schuster wrote to his friend back in 208 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty four. After burning. It goes quote. After the 209 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: flames consumed the effigy and the embers faded into the 210 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: Starlit Santa fe Sky. We stood together, a group of unburdened. 211 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: In the ashes of this effigy lay the worries of 212 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: the past year, and from them we shall rise anew our, 213 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: spirits ablaze with hope and renewal. Tonight we have not 214 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: just witnessed a spectacle. We have participated in a sacred 215 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: rite of purification, laughter, and rebirth. And I should think 216 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: that could be a really great way to end the summer. 217 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that's just is especially with that quote, 218 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: that's pretty terrific there. All right, Well, there are plenty 219 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: of things to get into before the end of the summer, 220 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 2: including Maidens Fair, and once again, I'm going to go international. 221 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: I think you can tell I've just sort of got 222 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 2: this bug. I'm ready to travel here. But the Maidens 223 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 2: Fair takes place on the third Sunday of July in 224 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 2: the Gayina Mountains of Transylvania. 225 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: And so what happens on Maidens Fair, Well. 226 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 2: The Guina Mountain borders four regions that make up something 227 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 2: like eighty villages. So for centuries the mountain has been 228 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: this convenient meeting spot for trade and communication. And actually 229 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: the location is supposed to be stunning, like there's this 230 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 2: clearing about a mile up where you're basically touching the 231 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: clouds and overlooking all these towns. And so since the 232 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: eighteen hundreds, the festival mostly served as this huge market, 233 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: but at some point Romanians realized that it was also 234 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: a good way to match make, and they'd form ties 235 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: with these other communities. There's also this legend about a 236 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: magic hen the mountain is named for Guyina that would 237 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 2: lay these golden eggs and once a year, newlyweds who 238 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: were truly in love would receive an egg as a present, 239 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 2: And according to one site, there is still plenty of 240 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 2: these super locals who believe that the mountain is good 241 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 2: luck and that a couple can only be happy if 242 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 2: their wedding is done in the mountains clearing. Anyway, in 243 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: modern times, there's much less matchmaking that takes place there, 244 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 2: and it's really just this wonderful festival of Romanian culture. 245 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: People dress up in these traditional clothes, they sell crafts 246 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: and just kind of indulge in all these folkloric arts' 247 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 2: It seems like a really pleasant thing to be at. 248 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 1: And is it just kind of like a cultural affair 249 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: or is there a party element to it too. 250 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: No, definitely. In fact, there's this homemade plum brandy that 251 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 2: the mountaineers in the area apparently love, and that's supposed 252 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: to be pretty good as well, and there's lots of 253 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 2: dancing and drinking. So it sounds like a great time. 254 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: Oh I like that. Well, here's an international one that 255 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: I think is pretty funny. 256 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: Actually, I thought I was the one doing the international one. 257 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: Go ahead and joining you. Now, I will not be 258 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: traveling to this one this year, but it takes place 259 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: on July twenty eighth and twenty ninth in Ferrano, Hokkaido 260 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: in Japan, and it's a festival dedicated to the belly button. 261 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: The whole thing is dedicated to the belly button. 262 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, So I was wondering why the belly button, 263 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: and I guess Serano is the center of Hokkaido the 264 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: same way you're a belly button is the center of 265 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: your body. So they decided to celebrate its geography with 266 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: a belly button festival. Nice. Apparently, in the late nineteen sixties, 267 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: town politicians thought that the people of Ferano needed something fun, 268 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: like a summer festival and something to bring them together 269 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: because apparently the population is really spread out over the region. Now, 270 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: Hokkaido has tons of things that attract people in the winter. 271 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: It's a northern Japanese island, so it's got skiing and 272 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: hot springs, and I read this one tourist account of 273 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: slurping on this delicious hot crab soup that's made in 274 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: the winter, so they've got that as well. But Kerano 275 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: needed a summertime activity aside from the cherry blossoms and 276 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: the lavender fields, so they concocted this belly Button Festival. 277 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 2: All right, all right, so we still haven't said yet though. 278 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 2: What actually happens at the belly Button Festival is mostly 279 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 2: a lot of belly dancing, but not not belly dancing 280 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 2: in the way you might think. People paint funny faces 281 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 2: on their stomachs, and then they carry these parasols and 282 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: umbrellas to look like hats to cover their heads, so 283 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: it looks like your stomach is this giant face of 284 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 2: a cartoon character. And then they wear these clothes that 285 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: have arms sticking out from the waist down. So yeah, 286 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 2: I've got to show your picture is just so ridiculous. 287 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, this is not at all what I 288 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 2: pictured like these are so incredible, Like these are real. 289 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: I just expect like somebody had taken a sharpie and 290 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 2: drone on their belly button and then like made faces 291 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: with its. These are amazing, mango. 292 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's this insane parade and it's really fun and sweet, 293 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: and the whole purpose is just to laugh and bring 294 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: joy to people. Yeah, the first year of the festival 295 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty nine, only eleven people took off their 296 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: shirts and painted their bellies. But these days the event 297 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: draws four thousand dancers and anyone can join in, and 298 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: the troops can win awards for best dances. But the 299 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: weirdest part of the festival, and the thing I really 300 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: still can't figure out, is this thing that all the 301 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: sites seem to claim, they say, quote, the best part 302 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: of the festival is the belly button themed food. 303 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 2: I mean, of course I love belly button theme food, 304 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 2: but what is belly button themed food exactly? 305 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Every site seems to talk about it, 306 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: but you know, and I was thinking maybe it's like 307 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: candy buttons or like uh, gummy suma wrestlers or something, 308 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: you know. And the only reference I could find to 309 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: the food was curry and noodles, which I guess just 310 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: goes in your belly but doesn't seem particularly belly button themed. 311 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: Wow, that is wild that I had never heard of 312 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: that festival before. All Right, so how about for our 313 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: last four Since such a significant number of our listeners 314 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 2: are in the States, why don't we keep it domestic 315 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: or at least to North America? What do you think? 316 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: Yeah? I could do that, So so what are you thinking? 317 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 2: Well, since we haven't done a music festival yet, how 318 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: about the Underwater Music Festival and Big pine Key Florida. 319 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 2: So this one is coming up soon. It's on July 320 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 2: tenth of this year, so you'll have to make plans 321 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 2: pretty quickly. But the festival was started back in nineteen 322 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 2: eighty five by Bill Becker, who worked for US one's 323 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 2: radio station one oh four point one FM, and it 324 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 2: was a way to do something fun and raise money 325 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 2: to protect the coral reefs. So basically, the radio station 326 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 2: encourages people to dress up then dive or snorkel as 327 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: they pump music into the water. 328 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: Does the music come through clearly? Like? What does it 329 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: sound like? Well? 330 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,359 Speaker 2: Bill actually was doing an interview with a local website 331 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: Florida Keys dot Com, and he was saying that sound 332 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 2: travels five times as quickly in water as it does 333 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 2: in air, and it comes from all directions, so you 334 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: get this surround sound sort of this ethereal feeling from 335 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: the music there. And of course all the music is 336 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: water theme, so from playing the Titanic soundtrack to Yellow Submarine, 337 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 2: they keep it all in that theme. 338 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: And I'm guessing this a lot of Jimmy Buffett too. 339 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: You nailed it, a lot of Jimmy and Buffet. But 340 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: the other fun part of the festival is the costuming. 341 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 2: So people dress up as rock stars and mermaids for 342 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: their dives, and they're all sorts of punny underwater instruments 343 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 2: from the trombone, fish and clambourines that artists make. It's 344 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: actually really quite fun. 345 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: And what about the fish, like, are they bothered by 346 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: all this noise that sort of piped into the ocean. 347 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: Apparently not. Some of the divers actually say that the 348 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 2: fish to tend to shimmy in unison with the music, 349 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 2: and that sounds fun to watch. But lots of animals 350 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 2: come though, from turtles to manatees, and as Bill likes 351 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 2: to point out, It's pretty special because quote, this is 352 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 2: the only living coral reef off the coast of the 353 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 2: continental United States that you can actually drive to. So 354 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 2: he said, why wouldn't you want to join the fun, 355 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 2: get in the water and enjoy this reef. 356 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: That's a really good point that Bill's making. So I'm 357 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 1: going to book my tickets tomorrow. 358 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: Great, all right, So what else do we need to 359 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 2: add to our calendar? 360 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: Next? How about the sand firm In Festival in New Orleans, 361 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: which is taking place July twelfth to fourteenth. I actually 362 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: chose this one because I already talked about the running 363 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: of the tubs, and I thought it'd be fun to 364 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,959 Speaker 1: talk about the running of the bulls Nueva Orleans style. 365 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: The event is the brainchild of Mickey Henning, a local 366 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: who saw someone in that all white red kerchief thing 367 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: that runners in Pamplona ware and he saw that at 368 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: Marti Ground. He thought, hey, why doesn't New Orleans have 369 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: its own bull festival? So instead of real bulls, he 370 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: put his bulls on roller skates. Henning found four hundred 371 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: roller bulls, who are athletes from local roller derbies, and 372 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: their dresses, bulls with little helmets with horns, and they 373 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: line up and chase down fourteen thousand runners and then 374 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: they whack them with his foam bat they have, or 375 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: occasionally poke them with horns on their helmets. It is 376 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: fun and total chaos, and you can end up with 377 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: minor bruises, but as the tourist site promises, it's nothing 378 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: a little food and drink can't fix. And there are 379 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: other events that round out the weekend. There's a La 380 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: Fiesta de Pantalonez, which is for some reason a festival 381 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: of pants that first night, and an El pobre de 382 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: me or poor Me event that final day when you're 383 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: supposed to be nursing your hangover and your bruised bottoms. Also, 384 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: there's a Hemingway lookalike contest for added fun. 385 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: Oh I like that. That's a good, good addition there. 386 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 2: All right, we've got two more strange festivals to get to, 387 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: But why don't we take a quick break first? 388 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back to part time genius. When we're talking strange 389 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: summer festivals, I think we've got a pretty strong list 390 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: of things to do this summer will but what do 391 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: you want to finish with? 392 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: I mean, there's so many wonderful festivals that don't exist anymore. 393 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 2: There's the Cleveland Duct Tape Festival. There's the Friendship Festival 394 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 2: that used to occur between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo. 395 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: They're not friends anymore. 396 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 2: They're friendly, but apparently bingo and slot machines used to 397 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: fund the festival, and when the slots casino closed, people 398 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 2: stopped playing as much bingo and that money that funded 399 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 2: the Friendship I guess dried out. But it still feels 400 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: like you could celebrate this border crossing friendship, don't you think. 401 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like there's still opportunity there. But what 402 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: are you going to talk about instead? 403 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 2: That was me buying time to decide which festival I'm 404 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 2: going to talk about next. But all right, well, here's 405 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 2: a festival that is still going strong, the fortieth anniversary 406 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 2: of Mount Rainier's Slugfest. 407 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: So what happens at Slugfest. 408 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: Well, basically, it's a slug appreciation festival because slugs are 409 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 2: good for the soil, and the Pacific Northwest takes pride 410 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 2: in their giant slugs, especially the Banana slug, which is 411 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 2: the best of the slugs. And this year the festival 412 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 2: is on July twentieth and twenty first, but it is 413 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 2: filled with slug like costumes where you can your own tentacles, 414 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: and you have this slug hunt where you go on 415 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 2: hikes to look out for the critters, and best of all, 416 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: slug races where you're given a waterproof slug sack and 417 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 2: you have to crawl on your bellies on a slip 418 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 2: and slide to the finish line and then you can't 419 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 2: qualify as finishing unless you have yelled snailed it. 420 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: I feel like you just want to talk about that 421 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 1: because you want to say snail nailed it. Well. I 422 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: also picked an animal festival for my last entry, and 423 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: it's called a Festival du Coachew, which takes place in Quebec. 424 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: I guess this year it's August first to fourth. And 425 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: I was totally intrigued because this is how an article 426 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: and Vice described it quote, There's no elegant way of 427 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: catching a pig. It's not a matter of speed or agility. 428 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: You have to corner the beast and jump on it, 429 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: plain and simple. At least that's what I was able 430 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 1: to glean last weekend between mouthfuls of pork while watching 431 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: the National Greased Pig Race and Saint Perpechu quebec An event, 432 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: which is, depending on who you ask, either the ultimate 433 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: celebration or humiliation of the humble pig. So I like that. 434 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: I also loved this description of the grease pig racing, 435 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: where quote, rural gladiators step into the ring with grease 436 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 1: covered pigs in an attempt to drop it into a 437 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: barrel in under ninety seconds. 438 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 2: I like that time was there. So how did this 439 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 2: pig festival start? 440 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: Well, apparently the races started in nineteen seventy eight, and 441 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: it came from locals remembering how when pigs would get 442 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: loose at the local farms, especially in the rain, the 443 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: employees would race around, slipping and chasing them and trying 444 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: to pin them down, and that kind of inspired a 445 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: town event, and it quickly grew into this massive festival. 446 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: According to Wece the town only has like a thousand inhabitants, 447 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: but over thirty five thousand people show up for this event. Apparently, 448 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: even Celine Dion has played the festival. I will say 449 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: that while greased pig races were a big draw for 450 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: a long time, they stopped those over concerns of swine 451 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: flew some years ago, which made animal activists happy, although 452 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: they still serve pork at the events. I don't happy 453 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: they could be, but the festival is more about barbecue 454 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: music now and of course some pig meat and greets. 455 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 2: Oh pig meet and greets. Is this where you get 456 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 2: to meet the pigs or the pigs meet and greet 457 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 2: each other? 458 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: I think you get to meet Okay, that's very exciting. 459 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 2: I might have to check this out. I feel like 460 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 2: we covered a lot of great festivals and definitely ones 461 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: worth trying to get out to in the next few years. 462 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 2: But I have to say the fact that you expected 463 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 2: I might know who Stuart Pennington was, and the weirdness 464 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 2: of the Stuart Pennington running of the tubs, I think 465 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 2: you win this week's trophy, Mango. 466 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: Well, thank you. I'm serious. 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