Held in early May in Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia, this festival honors the region’s flower and coffee culture with parades, beauty pageants, and agricultural exhibits. It showcases the importance of coffee production to local identity.
Celebrated annually in May, Fiesta de la Cruz is a religious and cultural festival honoring the Holy Cross. The event features processions, traditional music, and colorful decorations of crosses with flowers and ribbons.
Held annually on the last Monday of May, this quirky and dangerous event involves participants chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. Dating back centuries, it’s a local tradition with obscure origins, possibly tied to pagan rituals or land rights. It attracts global attention but remains a niche cultural oddity.