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Religious Festivals

Don't Cross Buns

Anna Berrill | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Hot Cross Buns, Food, Easter, Heston Blumenthal, UK Easter, Religious Food, Good Friday, Religious Festivals, Good Friday Traditions, UK Lifestyle News
Anna Berrill

Every holiday and religious celebration comes with a menagerie of delights for foodies, and even though Easter is only just approaching, supermarket shelves have been packed full of spiced hot cross buns and Cadbury Mini Eggs for months - and in some cases, they never stopped.

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Greek Carnival Revives the Spirit of an Ancient City

Simon Johns | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Istanbul, Carnival, Turkey, Instanbul Greeks, Baklahorani, Religious Festivals, Turkish Greeks, Lent, UK Lifestyle News
Simon Johns

Despite the constraints they face, Baklahorani demonstrates that, at least on the street level, Greeks are more comfortable about expressing their identity. Istanbulites have in recent years begun celebrating the city's native culture.

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