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The
annual St Piran's Day march through Truro was held on Friday 5th
March.
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| Children
feature in the march each year |
Several
roads around the city centre were closed to allow the spectacular
parade to get through.
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| The
crowds always enjoy children dancing in the streets during St
Piran's Day |
It
was one of a number of events held to celebrate St Piran's Day.
Many more will be held over the weekend.
Hundreds
of people headed to Perranporth on the Sunday nearerst to St Piran's
Day, Sunday 7th March.
They
gathered to celebrate the Patron Saint Of Tinners, St Piran who
landed at Perran Beach.
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| St
Piran actor stands proudly by the St Piran flag |
St
Piran was born in Ireland and studied the scriptures in Rome.
In
Ireland he was said to have performed many miracles but the Kings
of the country were not impressed.
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| The
crowd begins to gather for the pilgrimage |
On
Sunday 7th March adults and children from Perranporth acted out
the story of St Piran on the dunes in the area.
Hundreds
walked over the dunes and watched the play being acted out in three
parts.
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| The
band leads the way as the walk across the Perranporth Dunes
begins |
More
than 60 actors and musicians illustrated the life of St Piran. His
death is usually represented by the children of Perranporth.
In
the first part of the play the audience discovered how the people
of Ireland loved St Piran.
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| The
King demands St Piran be thrown into the sea |
However
the Kings were not impressed and wishing to show their power, St
Piran was flung into the sea in Ireland.
He
had a millstone around his neck but miraculously he floated.
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| St
Piran rows across the water |
The
audience then followed the band across the dunes to the second part
of the play. We were now in Cornwall, awaiting the arrival of St
Piran.
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| St
Piran arrives in Cornwall exhausted |
The
Saint arrived in Cornwall from Ireland exhausted after his long
journey.
At
first the Cornish who find him are wary of this stranger who does
not speak their language. It is not long before they take him to
their hearts.
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| The
people of ancient Cornwall welcomed St Piran |
In
the play the audience see St Piran preach and build his oratory.
This took place on the site of the original ancient oratory, believed
to be the oldest site of Christian worship in the British Isles.
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| In
the play St Piran discovers tin |
St
Piran discovered tin too, but quite by accident. A blackstone on
his fire leaked a white liquid. St Piran had discovered tin.
Part
three of the play took part on the site of the ancient Cornish Cross.
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| The
children dance around their chough |
Here
the audience saw the 200 year old St Piran die. The children performed
a special dance along with their choughs, to remember St Piran.
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