The children and adults of Israel today celebrated the festival of Purim with public parties throughout the land. Marking the downfall of the Haman and the victory of the Jews and Queen Esther, both children and grownups donned costumes depicting the Biblical characters and danced and paraded through the streets of the villages and towns of the country.
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