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Subscribe to RSSGuatemalan soldiers check a clown's car during a parade in the historic center of Guatemala City in the framework of the IV Latin American Clown Congress on July 24.
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Revellers dressed as clowns and a man watch the carnival parade in Sesimbra village, Portugal on March 7. The clown parade in Sesimbra village became a tradition after a world record for the biggest clown march was set in 2004.
Carnival in Portugal: Clowns stand by for reveling
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