Krakelingen Festival (20 images)

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Every year in the Flemish village of Geraardsbergen, residents gather for the spring festival "Krakelingenfeesten", (Krakelingen festival) which combines a surreal combination of Pagan and Christian rituals. The towns people parade to the highest point in the village, where "worthies", including a Catholic priest, drink live fish swimming in wine, from a grail served by elders dressed as Druids. The "worthies" then throw biscuits to the crowd. The drinking of the...
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