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And with these thoughts, she drifted off and Rios in the crowd along a road milling Coliseum strung with Japanese lanterns and lined with fire spitting monumental metal sculptures.

utopian sentiments were part of modern music festivals since Woodstock took place on a farm in bucolic upstate New York in 1969. But until relatively recent electronic music has struggled to get the media and the public to associate it with good vibrations.

Source: Los Angeles Times

13. Love Parade - Germany

The Love Parade began at a pivotal moment in the history of Europe - 1989 - and became a global phenomenon since. With copycat festivals around the world, the original draws well over a million participants annually in August in Berlin and the Ruhr region in Germany. In essence, the festival is a rave of epic proportions.

12. Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh is a beautiful town to visit the worst of times, so why not head down for the largest arts festival in the world?The mother of all the Fringe Festival has everything, with over 200 shows as many rooms.

11. Oktoberfest - Munich, Germany This ten day free-for-all that the rest seems rather innocent in terms of nudity, tickling frivolous parades of costumes and drunken debauchery. The pace will certainly happen to you, the rum flows in the streets 24 hours a day. The Hits climax on the last day of celebrations with a parade in period costume along historic Duval Street. Southern Silliness meets Eyes Wide Shut as imitators don masks and take the dress outrageous all inhibitions go.Body-painting, freak shows and toga parties have led to this year's theme: "Circus & Sideshows" that will not disappoint even the most outrageous.

8. Las Fallas, Valencia, Spain (March 12-19) By far the most famous and double drink-fest we know, the annual beer-fest begins noon, then mayor of Munich pulls the first pint after a big parade in the streets the city. The local brewers fight for bragging rights by highlighting their massive arsenal. The Hofbrauhaus attracts masses and rowdiest Hottest Party.Be sure to arrive before 10:30, because the servers are not those who sit (oh, the place is generally packed per 11 hours). Before you know, you're reminiscing with your long-lost (and unknown) friend Hans and extolling the virtues of drinking German style....

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