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Carnival of Binche

...that Belgium's Carnival of Binche (pictured), which features a "battle of confetti", is the culmination of a build-up lasting 50 days?
...that Belgian avant-garde singer Catherine Jauniaux has been described as a "one-woman orchestra" and a "human sampler"?
...that after her European Parliamentary career, Anne André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at the World Expo in Zaragoza from 2006 to 2008?

Source

Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/April#11 April 2007, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/April#24 April 2009, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February#27 February 2010, archive of Main Page appearance.

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