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Ullr Fest
Ullr Fest
By: © Nelson Taylor 2012
While this celebration of Ullr, the God of snow (or the "Phat Man of Winter" as he's locally referred) is predominantly a locals-only event, there's nothing keeping other ice heads from joining these free wacky reindeer games. You're more than welcome to join the Ullympics, six days of sporting madness held every January.
Each year about fifteen teams of four gather to compete in such events as the Four-Main Ski Race, where each team navigates an intricate path on skis constructed out of two-by-six pieces of wood. Or what about the Turkey Toss, where team members use a frozen turkey in a bowling event made for the birds. While the Ullympics is just for fun, participants in the Ullr Parade have a chance at winning four free airline tickets anywhere Vanguard flies. This is an anything-goes event, where the freakiest floats and the craziest costumes always catch the judges' eyes.
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The above snippet is just one of a collection of 240 off-beat articles on 2camels from Nelson Taylor's wonderful America Bizarro.
America Bizarro is a unique travel guide that celebrates humorously interesting, pop-culture kitschy and off-the-map odd festivals, out-of-the-way gatherings, kooky conventions, conferences and contests throughout the United States.
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