5 nude festivals that attract tourists around the world

Naked festivals are either a nightmare or a thrill for tourists. PMost of the participants were nude models for artists to create body art on.

Bodypainting festival in Austria

The International Bodypainting Festival, which takes place every July in Austria, is one of the largest and most popular nude festivals in the world. Every year, more than 30,000 people participate in this event. Many models and artists from many countries also come here to create works of art on the human body.

Burning Man Festival in the US

This festival is held annually, from the last Monday of August to the first Monday of September. The festival takes place in the Nevada desert, where artists can freely create works of art such as fashion designers will bring many costumes to express their creativity, dancers with spooky but equally hot performances...

People who attend this festival can wear any costume to participate, from the most bizarre items to completely naked, as long as you like. On average, more than 60,000 people come to participate in this festival every year.

Naked Running Festival in Spain

This festival takes place 2 days before the San Fermin Bull Run (in early July every year), and is organized by the animal protection association PETA. Participants in this festival are forced to go shirtless, wear a pair of bull horns on their heads and a red scarf around their necks.

The event was held to protest the cruelty of bullfighting. Later, this event became famous and attracted many tourists to participate.

The nude festival in Spain is considered by tourists to be safe, and there have been no cases of perverts mingling to molest the naked girls. Photo: Festival.

In addition, the Naked Running Festival is also held in Denmark, taking place in the town of Roskilde for 4 days. This is the largest cultural and music festival in Northern Europe with more than 180 bands and 100,000 spectators participating each year.

Hadaka Matusi Naked Festival in Japan

Thousands of Japanese men will shed their clothes during the Hadaka Matsuri festival held every February. According to ancient beliefs, Japanese people believe that naked men have a greater ability to absorb evil spirits, thereby warding off bad luck. In fact, Japanese men do not go naked but still wear fundoshi loincloths to participate in the festival.

According to Japanese estimates, this festival attracts tens of thousands of attendees every year.

To participate in Saidaiji Eyo, there is only one way: you must take off your clothes in the cold below 10 degrees Celsius of winter in Japan, "wearing" the lower half of the white loincloth (fundoshi) that is sold right before Hadaka Matsuri begins. Photo: Trevor Williams.

Naked Bike Ride

Since 2003, after organizing several naked bike rides to protest war, Canadian social activist Conrad Schmidt came up with the idea of ​​organizing a world naked bike ride.

This Naked Bike Ride is celebrated in many places around the world. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is held in April, while in the Northern Hemisphere, it takes place on the second Saturday of June.

Members prepare to participate in the naked bike ride festival in Philadelphia. Photo: AP.

According to VNE