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Masked Gilles of Binche dance during the
parade of Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday), the last day of Carnival in Binche,
about 50 km south of Brussels, capital of Belgium, Feb. 24, 2009. Binche's
three-day carnival, one of most famous carnivals in Europe, reached its
climax in Mardi Gras.(Xinhua/Wu Wei)
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Masked Gilles of Binche talk during the
parade of Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday), the last day of Carnival in Binche,
about 50 km south of Brussels, capital of Belgium, Feb. 24, 2009. Binche's
three-day carnival, one of most famous carnivals in Europe, reached its
climax in Mardi Gras.(Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Photo Gallery>>> |
Backgrounder: The Carnival of Binche is an event that
takes place each year in the Belgian town of Binche. Each year, it is renowned
for attracting an increasing number of people to Binche and Belgium itself, but
it, in particular, attracts many visitors from France. As such, it provides an
important tourism source for Belgium and specifically the town of Binche. The
carnival is religious in several ways, for it ends just one day before Ash
Wednesday, and a collection is taken on the last day of the Carnival, so it is a
quite Catholic religious event.
