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Ash wednesday in Fort de France on Martinique-.
Uploaded: Mar, 07 2004 | Taken: Feb, 25 2004| Viewed: 87 times  | 4 votes

saba - Jan, 08 2008 02:01am
Hm , is it a celebration ? or something like this ? what are they doing ?

joe_schmidt - Jan, 08 2008 08:01pm
Saba, this is the celebration of the last day of carnaval on the island of Martinique. On ash wednesday they wear black and white. It is the third day of their carnaval party. In the end they burn a figure which stands for all the evil in the world. Today it is more fun than religion. In Europe it is the first day of a 40 day period (I guess 40 days before Easter Holidays) without eating meat where the day before is the last day of the party. Also in some areas it marks the end of winter by hunting away the dark ghosts.

saba - Jan, 09 2008 07:01am
Hm , thanks alot joe .. I'm realy intrested in other culturs . i love watching people in their own life .. thanks again :)


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