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    In pictures: Floating nativity brings Christmas to Venice lagoon

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    In pictures: Floating nativity brings Christmas to Venice lagoon

    Painted by a local greengrocer, the figures have been planted on wooden stakes


    Published:  December 19, 2020 13:03 Reuters  and  compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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    A group of 60 plywood nativity figures floats in an open stretch of water in Venice's lagoon, with a church as a festive backdrop. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Painted by local greengrocer Francesco Orazio, the figures have been planted on wooden stakes. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Their feet emerging for just a couple of hours a day when the tide ebbs, Joseph, Mary, the ox and the donkey surround Baby Jesus under a hut, as a wise king approaches. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A nativity scene display designed by local greengrocer Francesco Orazio is seen over the water surface of Venice's lagoon by Burano island, ahead of Christmas. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    The nativity scene display designed by local greengrocer Francesco Orazio is seen over the water surface of Venice's lagoon by Burano island. Image Credit: REUTERS
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