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The Binche carnival, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage event, is the biggest and the liveliest annual event in Belgium.
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Francois Lenoir/Reuters A participant dressed up as the traditional "Gille" character held an orange during the Carnival parade in Binche, Belgium, Tuesday.
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The eager collectors were instructed to arrive in the Belgian town of Binche for the auction, where they were all roundly zinged.
Boing Boing 2009
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By 1860 the students numbered more than 400 and the school had become famous for its speciality, ‘Binche’ or ‘Point de Fée’ – the Fairy Queen stitch.
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By 1860 the students numbered more than 400 and the school had become famous for its speciality, ‘Binche’ or ‘Point de Fée’ – the Fairy Queen stitch.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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He had given to Cosette a robe of Binche guipure which had descended to him from his own grandmother.
Les Miserables 2008
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Cosette wore over a petticoat of white taffeta, her robe of Binche guipure, a veil of English point, a necklace of fine pearls, a wreath of orange flowers; all this was white, and, from the midst of that whiteness she beamed forth.
Les Miserables 2008
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The Party: Binche is a medieval town in Belgium with about 32,000 residents.
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The population swells during the Carnival of Binche, however, which has its roots in the 16th century.
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In the centre case are specimens from Alençon, Binche, Brussels, Cevennes mountains,
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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