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| Cat Festival At Belgium |
Hearing his name, Kattenfestival, which terbesit festival in your mind must be a funny and adorable cats. It is true, in mid-May and is held once in three years, the City of Ypres enlivened by trinkets and cat-themed parade. But who would have thought, is based on the cat festival ritual hundreds of years ago which is quite tragic.
Tragic story of the cats in the city of Ypres began in the 12th century. When the local people believe that cats are a form of evil spirits. As a result, the way they drive away evil spirits is by throwing live cats from the bell tower in the city!
This sadistic ritual lasts long enough, until finally in 1817 a total stop in the past. Since the 1930s, local residents began to use cat doll as a symbol of evil spirits. Until now, you can still see the stuffed cat thrown from the top of the bell tower at the festival city of Ypres.
Apart from the rituals of the past is quite sadistic, Kattenfestival the traveler is obliged to hunter destination festival. You see, at this moment really Ypres town with fur!
Stores that sell knick-knacks lined smelly cat, and the parade that was held on the streets of his city enlivened by a cabaret. Both children and adults, all wearing colorful costumes cat.
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