Dirty faces - It's Ash Wednesday

[NewsWhore]

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent for Catholics. The centuries-old tradition of wearing "sackcloth and ashes" is remembered in today's ceremonies with the placing of ashes on the foreheads of the faithful. Ash Wednesday also, in the Dominican Republic at least, marks the start of Carnival, and carnival parades will be held in Santiago, La Vega and Santo Domingo every weekend until the end of the month. Other towns will also hold carnival celebrations.

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