Let's Go to the Bambanti Festival: Where Scarecrows Strut and Crocodiles Rule

Prepare for giant straw figures strutting their stuff, beauty queens crowned with corn cobs, and a healthy dose of crocodile reverence - Bambanti's got it all (except maybe decent Wi-Fi).

Move over Coachella, there's a more grand festival in town that's got more straw and sass than you can shake a pitchfork at. Welcome to the Bambanti Festival, where scarecrows go from field frights to runway delights, history buffs rub shoulders with crocodile whisperers, and the corn harvest gets celebrated with enough pomp and pageantry to make Marie …