These Five Fantastic Events Are Worth Traveling For

According to Atlas Obscura, five global events this weekend offer reasons to venture beyond home. Chicago's International Festival of Life celebrates Caribbean and African traditions through live performances and international crafts. Rome becomes a motorsport arena with the Rally di Roma Capitale, a nine-hundred-kilometer competition over three days. Paris hosts Festival Yardland at the Hippodrome de Vincennes with hip-hop, R&B, amapiano, and afrobeat from three continents. Berlin's Gesundbrunnen Center transforms its rooftop into a secondhand marketplace with street food and live music. And in Tokyo, the Iriya Asagao Festival fills an entire neighborhood with thousands of morning glory flowers in stunning color and variety.

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