article_snippet: Revellers and children also met in the streets of the city dressed up as kings and queens, clowns, animals and even superheroes to celebrate.
article_snippet: Yesterday saw similar festivities sweep across the world with thousands of Jewish families in London also celebrating the event in style.
article_snippet: It is traditionally marked with parades, the giving of presents, and by observers sporting a host of colourful costumes which traditionally take their cue from the Biblical story of Esther, but can also include anything from sailors to Superman, as these photographs taken today in Stamford Hill, north London, show.
article_snippet: Jewish children were seen dressed as kings and queens, clowns, animals and even superheroes as part of the annual celebration .
article_snippet: A string of children all in fancy dress take to the streets of North London as they celebrate the ancient festival, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire .
article_snippet: The carnival-like holiday is marked by parades and costume parties with participants dressing up in masks and fancy dress outfits in London .
article_snippet: Two little girls dress up in matching outfits as Two little girls mark the festival, while this child has shunned a more traditional costume to dress as a panda for the day to celebrate the festival in north London .
article_snippet: A panda was also the costume of choice for A Jewish boy as A Jewish boy and A Jewish boy friends happily dashed down the street in Stamford Hill .
article_snippet: Children traditionally get dressed up as Esther, or the King but Children can wear anything Children like really.
article_snippet: Boys in costume celebrate in London .
article_snippet: Celebrations are held around the world with children donning fancy dress outfits, ranging from penguins to cowboys, and even musketeers, pictured here in north London .
article_snippet: Children dressed as a Stormtrooper, pirate and fairy were among the crowds who gathered for the parade in Holon, near Tel Aviv .
highlights_snippet: Celebrations have been held around the world, including London, with children encouraged to wear fancy dress .