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Tenerife - Children Help With la Orotava Carpets of Flowers

The pretty hill-town of La Orotava in Tenerife is famous for its highly artistic sand-paintings which are made for the festival of Corpus Christi each June. A large part of the town's population are involved in making beautiful flower carpets that stretch throughout the streets. At the end of the festival the towns people process through the streets walking over and obliterating the colourful works of art that they have created. The town is thronged with an estimated 200,000 people during that single day.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 9, 2013
Taken on June 6, 2013