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Monthly Archives: February 2017
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Pieter Brueghel the Elder The Battle between Carnival and Lent was a folk custom in the Netherlands – a mock battle in which revelry warred with control, marking the boundary between winter and spring. Hmmm. Isn’t this a metaphor for … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnival, Folklore, Jan Miense Molenaer, Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Shrove Tuesday
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