The Pushkar Fair, or Pushkar ka Mela, is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is one of the world's largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction and its highlights have become competitions such as the "matka phod", "longest moustache", and "bridal competition" are the main draws for this fair which attracts thousands of tourists. In recent years the fair has also included an exhibition cricket match between the local Pushkar club and a team of random foreign tourists. The Imperial Gazetteer of India, mentions an attendance of 100,000 pilgrims in early 1900s .
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Nobody does beer festivals quite like the Germans! Along with the Oktoberfest in Munich and London's Great British Beer Festival, Berlin forms part of the big three beer events in the world. Attracting upwards of 750,000 visitors, the atmosphere is of joyous, beer-swilling fun.
Held on the first weekend in August every year, the festival has a 'beer mile' which hosts 240 breweries from 80 different countries. It's located directly in the city center along Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin Friedrichshain.
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