Watching the Parade is a photograph by Dick Botkin which was uploaded on August 4th, 2012.
Title
Watching the Parade
Artist
Dick Botkin
Medium
Photograph
Description
San Felip BC MX
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The annual Canival Parade in San Felipe is one of the most popular events for children of all ages.
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The Lenten period of the Liturgical year Church calendar, being the six weeks directly before Easter, was marked by fasting and other pious or penitential practices. Traditionally during Lent, no parties or other celebrations were held, and people refrained from eating rich foods, such as meat, dairy, fats and sugar. The forty days of Lent, recalling the Gospel accounts of the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness, serve to mark an annual time of turning. In the days before Lent, all rich food and drink had to be disposed of. The consumption of this, in a giant party that involved the whole community, is thought to be the origin of Carnival.
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August 4th, 2012