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A dressed up Israeli couple kisses during a parade as part of the festivities of the Jewish feast of Purim on March 24, 2016 in the central Israeli city of Netanya. - The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)