CARNIVAL QUEEN
Hey kids, it’s Purim, let’s dress up and party!
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After getting a rainbow painted on her face at the carnival, a young girl smiles at her reflection in a small handheld mirror.
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A father high-fives his son through the mesh windows of a Justice League-themed inflatable bounce house during Riverdale Temple’s Purim carnival.
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Children line up to inflate balloons during the Purim carnival at the Riverdale Temple on March 4.
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Costumes abounded at the Riverdale Temple’s Purim carnival — including a baby dressed as a football.
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A young girl looks around while dressed in a costume during the Riverdale Temple's Purim carnival. Historians believe the Purim tradition of masquerading behind a mask or a costume began in 15th century Italy and may have been inspired by Christian pre-Lenten celebrations.
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Inflatable bounce houses were a popular attraction amongst the kids during the Riverdale Temple's Purim carnival.
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Volunteers served food and snacks to parents and children alike at the Purim festival at the Riverdale Temple on March 4.
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Parents and children at Riverdale Temple greeted the holiday of Purim on March 4 with a lively carnival — including inflatable bounce houses, costumes and balloons.
Some call it the Jewish Halloween, but the custom of reveling and masquerading on the holiday is actually more like Mardi Gras. It harks back to 15th century Italy, historians say.
The holiday — one of the happiest in the Jewish calendar — marks the time in ancient Persia when Queen Esther foiled a plot by a powerful politician to massacre all of the nation’s Jews. Children use noisemakers to drown out his name when the biblical story is read to them and everyone enjoys pastries called hamentaschen shaped like the villain Haman’s hat.
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Riverdale Temple, Purim, Aaron Mayorga
