Chester, UK. 8th December, 2016. Mid-Winter Watch Parade, Chester’s 15th-century tradition of ‘Setting the Watch’. Karamba Samba a ‘ghost band’ led a fun parade of skeletons, angels and devils as they celebrated the Winter solstice. This event with dancers, fire breathing and sword fights, dates from the 1400’s, where the city leaders would hand over the keys of Chester to the City Watch – the early police force. Credit: Cernan Elias/Alamy Live News

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