Powder Day
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Powder Day
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Powder Day or Day of the Powder is celebrated in the southern Spanish village of Tolox on Shrove Tuesday, the final day of the annual Tolox carnival. This local tradition involves the throwing of talcum powder at one another. One reason given for the custom is that it takes place the day before Ash Wednesday, on which the priest declares to the faithful "Remember, man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return". A more likely origin of the tradition is said to have its roots in a Christi
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Tradition in the Spanish village Tolox
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