The variety of ways humans come up with to celebrate anything that needs celebrating is breathtaking and fascinating. Over the course of history, every culture imaginable has created wonderful celebrations that mark the end of chilly winter and the start of a beautiful spring.

Swipe through to learn how cultures around the world celebrate spring.

Holi

Holi is the Hindu Festival of Colors, which takes place on the day of the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna. That falls on March 25 this year. Celebrated throughout India, friends and families observe the end of winter, the coming of spring and rebirth by gathering together and throwing brightly colored powders on each other.

Čimburijada

Communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrate spring with Čimburijada—the Festival of Scrambled Eggs. Neighbors gather together at the crack of dawn on the first day of spring, to cook up several hundred eggs in enormous cast-iron pans. The day is spent noshing and chatting, and there’s music and games for the children.

Spring Equinox in Mexico

In Mexico, one of the most popular ways to celebrate the Spring equinox is by gathering at the Teotihuacan Pyramid, Pyramid of the Sun, which is located northeast of Mexico City. To get closer to the sun, celebrants rise early in the morning to climb the 360 steps to the top of the pyramid. They wear white to absorb the good energy they believe the equinox brings.

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Bulgaria's Celebration

Bulgarians celebrate the advent of spring by exchanging Martenitsi bracelets in the days and weeks leading up to spring. The red and white fibers of the bracelets bring communities together and symbolize strength, health and happiness. When bracelet wearers see a first sign of spring, such as a flower blooming or the reappearance of a migratory bird, they remove the bracelet and tie it to a nearby tree.

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Songkran

In Thailand’s Songkran festival, which celebrates the Thai new year in April, they dance in the streets and have the world’s biggest water fight! They use squirt guns, water cannons, water balloons, buckets of water—anything to cool off during the country’s warmest month. The thought is that they’re washing away the old year and welcoming the new.

Nowruz

Iran’s Nowruz celebration is a bit more sedate, but equally meaningful. It’s celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Iranian calendar, which falls in April. Friends and families gather for food, music and dancing. A ceremonial table is laid with seven items representing spring, including spectacularly decorated eggs.

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Gloucester, England

On the last day of May, daredevils in Gloucester, England gather at the top of a steep hill. They set loose a 7-pound round of Double Gloucester Cheese and as the cheese begins its tumble down the hill, the revelers launch themselves down the hill alongside the cheese. Bruises, bleeding and broken bones are all part of the fun, apparently, in this kooky celebration, which is called Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake.

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