article_snippet: The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties, as seen in Jerusalem today, every year .
article_snippet: Two revellers in revealing costumes take a break from the street as Two revellers in revealing costumes celebrate the traditional festival of Purim in Jerusalem today .
article_snippet: The carnival-like Purim holiday commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia and is celebrated all over the world .
article_snippet: the traditional festival of Purim in Jerusalem is to commemorate the foiling of a plot to exterminate Jews in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago .
article_snippet: A young girl leans out of the window to take in the sights in Jerusalem today during the traditional festival of Purim in Jerusalem celebrations .
article_snippet: The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from a plot intended to wipe them out.
article_snippet: Purim is celebrated annually on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar - the day following the victory over the plot.
article_snippet: A group of teenage boys enjoy an open-top bus ride through the streets of north London north London as they celebrate the traditional festival of Purim in Jerusalem .
article_snippet: The Jewish holiday Purim is celebrated by Jewish communities around the world, as here in London, with parades and costume parties, singing and dancing .
article_snippet: Observers also mark the traditional festival of Purim in Jerusalem by dancing and singing Observers way through the streets of north London north London .
highlights_snippet: Thousands of people took to the streets of the Israeli capital today to mark the annual festival of Purim .
  