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nApparently,nin the past, there was a literal battle of flowers—the people in anparade and the people watching the parade would dismantlenflower-adorned floats and pelt each other with the flower ammunition!nHow amazing is that?
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nBut…itndoesn’t happen that way anymore!
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Todaynis a carnival held in the British Channel Island of Jersey. Musicians, dancers, majorettes, and flower floats parade down thenstreets. Street entertainers and funfair stalls and ridesnprovide more fun.
Todaynis a carnival held in the British Channel Island of Jersey. Musicians, dancers, majorettes, and flower floats parade down thenstreets. Street entertainers and funfair stalls and ridesnprovide more fun.n
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nAnMiss Battle of Flowers is chosen to ride on one float, and for threendifferent years (including last year), there has also been anMr. Battle chosen for similar honors. (I don’t know if there will bena Mr. Battle of Flowers for 2012.)
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| I don’t usually see people throwing flowers, other than the occasional bride, but this guy has been stenciled all over walls in Europe. I read that this piece of art is by the famous graffiti-artist Banksy… |
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nButnthe ending of the Grand Parade used to be parade participants andnspectators taking apart the floats and battling with the flowers! Indon’t know how far roses can fly through the air, nor how hard theyncan hit, but I think it would’ve interesting to see one of thesenflower battles.
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nInsteadnof such a flower fight, nowadays the floats are preserved until anMoonlight Parade, which will be held tomorrow night. Festoons ofnlights will light up the floats, and after the parade, fireworks willnlight up the sky. That all sounds wonderful–but a lot more ordinary than anbattle using flowers as ammunition!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversary of Jesse Owens’s fourth gold medal
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nSmokey the Bear’s birthday
