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Monday, March 07, 2011

Centuries-old Tatavla Carnival returns to Istanbul’s streets

"Centuries-old Tatavla Carnival returns to Istanbul’s streets

Turkey’s Christians are enjoying carnival these days. The best-known carnival is Tatavla, which has a history of 569 years. The annual carnival, which stopped in 1941 because of political fluctuations in the country, was revived last year. ‘Our people want to know and to let the public in general know that we all live together,’ says one of the organizers"

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