BOUCHES DU RHONE, REGIONAL NATURAL PARK OF CAMARGUE, STES MARIES DE LA MER, GYPSIES FEAST ON THE 24TH AND 25TH OF MAY CELABRATE THE HOLY JACOBE MARYS

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BOUCHES DU RHONE, REGIONAL NATURAL PARK OF CAMARGUE, STES MARIES DE LA MER, GYPSIES FEAST ON THE 24TH AND 25TH OF MAY CELABRATE THE HOLY JACOBE MARYS AND SALOME AND ALSO AS THE PATRON SAINT OF GYPSIES, THE BLACK MADONNA HOLY SARAH. THE FIRST TWO PILGRIMAGES ARE HISTORICALLY VERY OLD AND SUGGEST CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THAT OF THE LANDING OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS ON THE SHORES OF THE CAMARGUE. THE GYPSIES, MORE RECENT, IS NOT MENTIONED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE PROCESSION CARRYING THE TWO HOLY REACHES THE SEA, CAMARGUE, FRANCE

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