24 Completely Insane Festivals from Around the World

Burning Tar Barrel Festival

Although no one is quite sure why anymore, for hundreds of years people in the town of Devon, England, have been running through the streets carrying burning barrels of tar. As soon as the sun goes down on the 5th of November (Guy Fawkes Night), barrels are lit and placed upon the back of a carrier. When he can bear it no more, he’ll hand off the load to the next willing soul and so and so forth.