Cat festival

Central square of YpresDuring the celebration in Ypres - Kattenfestival, the festival of cats, from the central bell tower of the city throw a large number of artificial cats directly into the crowd.

Colorful street processions in Ypres, throwing cats (of course, not real) from the bell tower, all this brings you back to the Middle Ages, when cats were considered a symbol of evil, and their death - atonement for human sins. Cat festival is an old Belgian tradition. Few people now remember its origins, and the symbolic dropping of cats has remained as an attribute of the past. And, of course, as an additional reason to have fun.