The 2013 Carnival was a great success !
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FESTIVITY :PANCAKE DAY
12 th February 2013 :HAPPY PANCAKE DAY !!!
In the UK, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day (or Pancake Tuesday to some people) because it is the one day of the year when almost everyone eats a pancake.
In 2012 Pancake Day was on Tuesday 21 February Special thanks to Pierre- Thèo for his oral presentation on Shrove Tuesday and his delicious cakes !! !
What is Pancake Day? Pancake Day is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes.
Why are Pancakes eaten on Shrove Tuesday?Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.
When is Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)?
Shrove Tuesday is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and is therefore the final day before the commencement of a Christian festival leading up to Easter Sunday (Easter Day).
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between 3 February and 9 March
The race, which is contested outside the Houses of Parliament, is held every
Shrove Tuesday and sees Lords and MPs from all major parties flipping
pancakes around Victoria Gardens, Westminster.
The contest is held to raise awareness for the charity Rehab, which supports
people with disabilities, others with brain and spinal injuries and mental
health difficulties.
Watch the video:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8369203/Parliamentary-pancake-race.html
Here is a recipe for pancakes:
ttp://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/512339
Video !
Here is a recipe for pancakes:
ttp://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/512339
Video !
FESTIVITY: SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
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| HAPPY ST VALENTINE'S DAY !!! |
Watch and listen to these two love songs!! 1 - http://www.merpy.com/love/love.htmlQUIZ
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/St-Valentines-Day-Trivia-165669.html
Cupid woke her up 
and the couple wed in a ceremony attended by the Gods.
Cupid was the son of Venus 
the goddess of love and beauty.
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
Who was Saint Valentine ?
According to a legend St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year 270 AD 
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When Claudius II became the emperor he believed that soldiers
would be unable to concentrate on fighting if they were married.
So he banned marriage.
Valentine defied the emperor and secretly performed marriage ceremonies.
He was sent to prison until he could be executed.
While he was in the dungeon, Father Valentine learned that the jail-keepers daughter was blind and sent for her. He touched her brow and she was immediately granted her sight. It was a miracle!
When the cruel King Claudius,learned of this miracle, he
thought it was witchcraft and immediately ordered that Father
Valentine's head be chopped off!
On the morning of the execution, February 14, of the
year 270, the priest sent a letter to the jail-keepers daughter, whom he
had fallen in love with. He signed the letter "From your Valentine".
That is why people sign their Valentine's Day cards the way they do today.
As Father Valentine was being buried after the
exectution, a huge swarm of red and white butterflies appeared and
circled over the people at his funeral. They fluttered here and there,
and eventually landed upon Father Valentine's coffin. The people looked
at the pattern that the butterflies had made when they landed and saw
that it was shaped like a big heart. And that is why the heart is used as
a symbol of love today.
CUPID 
Psyche was a mortal princess, she was so beautiful that Venus was jealous and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. After a lot of events Psyche died.
Here is an animated video version on history of Valentinehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGx7q4O6w2w
Valentine's symbols
Cupid, that boy armed with bow and arrows , has become the most popular of love symbols.
Cards
Other symbols 
you can send a love letter 
offer a gift 
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