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13/02/2010 | Nice, France
Nice comes alive each February with this top winter festival that attracts more than a million visitors over its two-week run. Highlights include colourful daily events such as flower parades, traditional float processions and fireworks displays. It is fun for all the family, but the celebrations often continue late into the night with theatre, live bands and DJ sets. The origins of the Nice Carnival date back to the Middle Ages: it was traditionally a Lent celebration during which revellers wore masks to preserve their anonimity, thus allowing merrymakers to really let their hair down – a sentiment that is still very much alive today. The carnival usually has a theme that addresses modern day issues

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