Kattenstoet - Moor float : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Kattenstoet - Moor float / R/DV/RS
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Kattenstoet is a triennial parade and festival held on the second Sunday in May. This picture is from 2006; the next Kattenstoet will be on 10 May 2009.The Kattenstoet remembers how the people of Ieper used to throw cats from the Cloth Hall belfry (possibly to ward off witchcraft, possibly just as a way of reducing a cat overpopulation problem) from the middle ages until 1817.The tradition, this time using toy cats thankfully, was revived in 1938 only to end abruptly due to Nazi occupation. In 1946 the tradition was revived again as an annual event. The event missed a year in 1985 due to a visit by the Pope and in 1991 it switched to triennial rather than annual, possibly reflecting the size of the festival.From the parade itself comes this not altogether politically correct Moor. |
| 撮影日 | 2007-06-08 22:25:56 |
| 撮影者 | R/DV/RS , Belgium/UK |
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| 撮影地 | Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique 地図 |