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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (chase crew)
USE: crew a hot-air balloon (launch/chase/pack-down)
Kumartuli idol makers & Durga Puja
USE/observe: clay Durga idols and pandals built by Kumartuli artisans
Hoi An lantern-making class + Full Moon Lantern Festival
BUILD a bamboo-and-silk lantern with local artisans
Maker Faire Rome
BUILD & exhibit your own project/invention
Cape Town International Kite Festival
BUILD in kite-making workshops; fly kites; watch show kites
Red Bull Flugtag
BUILD a human-powered 'flying' machine launched off a 30-ft deck into water
Yi Peng / Loy Krathong
BUILD a banana-leaf krathong (or buy one from local makers) and float it; sky lanterns only at authorised events
Sumpango Giant Kite Festival (Barriletes Gigantes)
USE/observe giant tissue-paper kites built by local barrilete groups
Hornbill Festival (Craftscape)
USE/buy Naga crafts (bamboo, cane, beadwork, weaving, wood carving); craft demonstrations
Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition (Ice & Snow Festival)
BUILD a large snow sculpture as a team
International Kite Festival / Uttarayan
USE locally made patang kites & firki reels; fly from rooftops during Uttarayan
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival
USE paper sky lanterns made by Pingxi/Shifen shops; write wishes and release
Las Fallas
USE/observe: giant satirical falla monuments built by local artists & neighbourhood casals
Rio Carnival - parade with a samba school
USE a fantasia (costume) made in the samba school's barracão and parade in a wing (ala)
Weifang International Kite Festival
BUILD/fly your own kite or USE Weifang-made kites
Texas SandFest (amateur competition)
BUILD a sand sculpture in your own plot
AfrikaBurn
BUILD artworks, theme camps, mutant vehicles
Red Bull Soapbox Race
BUILD a human/gravity-powered soapbox kart
Kinetic Grand Championship
BUILD a human-powered amphibious art sculpture that crosses sand, mud and water over 50 miles
Darwin Lions Beer Can Regatta
BUILD a boat from recycled drink cans/cartons/bottles and race it
Great Knaresborough Bed Race
BUILD/decorate a racing bed; team pushes it on a course incl. a river crossing
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (dance as a haneto)
USE: dance alongside giant illuminated nebuta floats built by local nebuta masters, wearing a haneto costume
Henley-on-Todd Regatta
BUILD a bottomless 'BYO boat' (crew of 4) or USE supplied boats and run them down a dry riverbed
Burning Man
BUILD art, art cars (mutant vehicles), theme camps
Eco-friendly Ganesh idol-making workshops
BUILD your own shadu-clay Ganesha idol
Corso Zundert flower parade
BUILD: help hamlet teams build giant dahlia-covered floats
Dieppe International Kite Festival
USE/observe giant kites by international makers; fly your own on the seafront lawns
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