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ISRAEL-RELIGION-JUDAISM-PURIM

Israeli dancers take part in a parade to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim on March 16, 2014 in the central Israeli city of Netanya. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ