Home Festivals of Asia Festivals of Asia Question 1 / 10 As part of the Onbashira Festival held every seven years in Central Nagano, Japan, what do young men ride down a hillside? Wild horses Bicycles Logs Skis If you take part in the ancient Hindu festival Holi, also known as the Festival of Love, you are likely to: Change colour Get wet Dance around a fire All of the above Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival is held on what day of the Chinese calendar? The first day of the first month The fifth day of the third month The 15th day of the eighth month The last day of the twelfth month The Hindu festival Diwali is also known as what? The Festival of Lights The Festival of Song The Festival of Colour The Festival of Dance Phuket’s annual Vegetarian Festival is renowned for devotees doing what? Piercing their faces with objects Fire walking down the main street Eating large quantities of meat A wild food fight where an estimated 35 tonnes of fruit and vegetables is thrown Why was South Korea’s famous Boryeong Mud Festival established? To mark a 10th century raid on the village of Boryeong, during which villagers covered themselves in mud to hide from the invading party To ward of death by making oneself too smelly for death to approach To promote cosmetics made from the region’s mud To celebrate the first rains of spring How is the climax of Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau Bun Festival marked? The Bun Snatch – where young men climb 60ft bun towers to reach the topmost buns The Bun Fight – where festival goers engage in an hours’ long food fight culminating in the Bonfire of the Buns, where spent buns are burned. The Bun Dig – where the women of the village of Cheung Chau bury buns in the sand and the men have to dig them up (the man who digs up the most buns is crowned Bun King). The Bun Toss – where people toss buns across a river to team members on the other side who can only catch the buns in their mouths. What species of monkey hits the jackpot during Thailand’s Lopburi Monkey Banquet Festival? Rhesus macaques Pied tamarin Tufted capuchin Red-faced spider monkey Where is the world's largest ice and snow festival (famous for its enormous ice sculptures) held? Najin, South Korea Harbin, China Sapporo, Japan Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Sri Lanka's Kandy Perahera Festival is also known by what name? The Festival of Nose The Festival of Eye The Festival of Thumb The Festival of Tooth Back Submit