The March Past of the Nations. Each Spring 30,000-34,000 spectators gather in the heart of the Belgian city of Bruges to watch the Procession of the Holy Bloof on Ascension Day, forty days after Easter. The pageant dates back to the 13th Century when a citizen of Bruges is said to have brought the Relic of the Holy Bloof of Jesus Christ back from the Second Crusade. 1914

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The March Past of the Nations. Each Spring 30,000-34,000 spectators gather in the heart of the Belgian city of Bruges to watch the Procession of the Holy Bloof on Ascension Day, forty days after Easter. The pageant dates back to the 13th Century when a citizen of Bruges is said to have brought the Relic of the Holy Bloof of Jesus Christ back from the Second Crusade. 1914

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