Editorial

Carnivals!

As a social phenomenon, ancient rites inherited from paganism live on during Walloon carnivals through ceremonies, gestures, dances, costumes and masks. Although during this period social ranks are symbolically changed or reversed, it is the festive dimension that is mostly covered by the media.

Among the processions and parades that brighten up these popular celebrations, ancient carnival celebrations preserve codified customs, as in Binche and Malmédy. On the Sunday following Lent, also called Laetare Sunday, the "Blanc Moussis stroll around the streets of Stavelot

In various places of the East Cantons, carnivals belong to the Rhineland tradition and respect a ritual, natives will not depart from.