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RE: Merry Christmas!
Yeah, that is actually really cool when you think about it. I once celebrated Christmas in Spain, and that was absolutely nothing like back here in Norway!
Yeah, that is actually really cool when you think about it. I once celebrated Christmas in Spain, and that was absolutely nothing like back here in Norway!
Yes, they have that parade of people painted black don't they??? It's sort of on the margins of being a bit racist except it's been around so long no-one's ever stopped to think about it.
I don't know about that; I was somewhat young when I had this experience, so I might have totally missed that part. But that does sound pretty racist to me! Traditions have a way of being very outdated, but still get accepted by people because we've been doing it for such a long time. There are so many traditions that are not in line with the modern views of equality among different races, genders etc.
Here's a story about it, apparently it was a traditional parade they put on in Madrid but now they've stopped it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/17/madrid-ends-blacking-up-post-christmas-tradition
Thanks for the link! It's nice that they've stopped it; it seemed like such an offensive tradition.
I think no-one had ever stopped to think about it simply!
That might be it :)