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Watermelon festivals are a pretty common occurrence here in the United States (mainly in the South) and most share similar features, like watermelon eating contests, seed spitting contests and the crowning of a watermelon queen. Pretty typical stuff, but that\u2019s not the case at watermelon festivals outside the U.S.<\/p>\n
I stumbled onto an article yesterday about a watermelon festival in Hungary in which they crown a \u201cWatermelon Knight\u201d instead of a queen. Here\u2019s an excerpt from the article:<\/p>\n
A father and son were crowned kings of the watermelon at a festival dedicated to the fruit in a small Hungarian town on Sunday.\u00a0 The highlight of the event is a competition to crown the \u2018Watermelon Knight\u201d, in which contestants compete at eating, juggling, packing and guessing the weight of watermelons. This year\u2019s winner was Jozsef Kraller, whose son also won the junior contest.<\/p>\n
The more I think about it, the more I think a \u201cWatermelon Knight\u201d might be a good idea for American watermelon festivals. Knights are pretty cool, what with the armor and helmet and jousting. I don\u2019t know if the Hungarian Watermelon Knight got to wear a suit of armor, but the title is still worth the effort.<\/p>\n
Actually, something I missed when I first read that article just occurred to me. The excerpt above mentions that prospective knights competed at \u201ceating, juggling, packing and guessing the weight of watermelons.\u201d I have no idea what \u201cpacking\u201d is, at least in the context of watermelons. Did they have to pack them in a bin? Perhaps some sort of test of speed and strength? I don\u2019t know. Whatever it is, I\u2019d do it for a chance to be a watermelon knight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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