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Religion: The Assumption of Mary
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  • Written by Pieter11 on Oct 15, 2005
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  • In Catholicism religion, August 15 is the Holy Day of the celebration of the of Assumption of Holy Mary. After her "earthly life" she went to heaven to be reunited with Jesus Christ.
    Although nothing is certain about the day or even year that Mary died, all around the world people celebrate her "departure" on this particular date.

    At August 15, around 18:00, I was in front of the Notre Dame. Purely by coincidence this celebration just began. A huge, and beautiful statue of Mary was carried inside the church and hundreds of religious people followed her. It was an impressive experience to see so many people, singing together. Even after most of the people went inside, you could still follow the mass, because loudspeakers let it hear all over the square in front of the church.

    If you are in Paris at the 15th of August, you should definitely go the the Notre Dame around 18:00 to experience this celebration.

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    Street Artists: In front of the Notre Dame
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  • Written by Pieter11 on May 10, 2005
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  • In front of the Notre Dame we saw these amazing street artists. There was a huge crowd standing around them, seeing them do their tricks on their skates. They had made a jump out of wooden board and they jumped over a stick at a height of up to 2,5 metres! It was a really cool sight, especially because the crowd started to applaude after every jump. Fortunately the French policemen accepted it all.

    So the square and the bridge in front of the Notre Dame is a përfect place to see street artists in the evening hours...

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    Street Artists: In front of Centre Pompidou
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  • Written by Pieter11 on May 24, 2005
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  • Another magnificent place to spot streetartists is the square in front of Centre Pompidou. Especially around 18:00 o´clock there always are artists showing their skills. There are painters, comediants, living statues, musicians... And because the Forum des Halles is close, there always is enough audience to watch all this.

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    Comments for Pieter11 about Paris
    Nemorino Mon May 11, 2009 09:28 UTC
     I enjoyed reading your first thirty tips on this addictive city -- I'll be back some other time for more.
    hunterV Tue Apr 14, 2009 16:45 UTC
     This city would be my favorite destination too, I'm sure...
    rt8 Fri Nov 14, 2008 23:26 UTC
     The plan of getting off at the next stop was what we used on our French exchange trip. Luckily we never used it!
    sylina Wed Sep 3, 2008 03:05 UTC
     Really informative & helpful page wid wonderful pix! I took a lot of note from it. Will be in Paris soon. Love d pic of Notre Dame through apple tree. Will try to find d scene. Thanks for sharing! Btw, we got a lot of jigsaw-puzzle-trees over here. :))
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