Holi, the Hindu festival of colours that is mostly celebrated in India, will fall on March 8 this year.
photo: trip advisorFlour Throwing Festival is celebrated in Greece's Galaxidi with people throwing tons of coloured flour on each other. Its origins are unknown.
photo: tripadvisorSouth Korea's Boryeong celebrates Mud Festival every July. Since 1999, the festival's aim is to build awareness around the town's mud and the natural cosmetics that it produces.
PHOTO: GETTYJune 29 (Saint Peter's Day) is celebrated in the Spanish town of Haro with people dipping each other in gallons of red wine.
photo: gettyThe Oberbaumbrücke Water-fight began in 1999 after the German city's administration decided to merge two districts, without asking the citizens their opinion.
photo: tripadvisorTo mark the celebration of the Buddhist New Year, Thailand's locals engage in a celebration of throwing water and beiege-coloured paste at each other.
photo: thailand tourismAlmost 80,000 litres of water is mixed with 180, 000 kilograms of topsoil to create a giant lake of mud in America's Michigan's Annual Mud Day.
photo: gettyWhile even Holi can get quite messy with mud, eggs, and what not, try to play Holi and these other festivals in a careful and more environmenta-friendly way!