'Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, in the Israeli village of Meron, at the start of Lag Baomer, a day-long holiday to commemorate the Jewish scholar's death. Thousands of religious Jews light bonfires and visit the shrine of Bar Yochai, one of the most prominent sages in Jewish history, to mark the holiday'
bron: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/eyewitness
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