Purim festivities began here this evening with the reading of Megillath Esther in the Great Synagogue where a large crowd gathered. Children in masks began filling the streets tonight, impatiently awaiting tomorrow’s traditional Adloyada carnival parade which will pass through the main streets of the city.
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