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The performance of memory. Part 1 The tradition of parading: a custom established, 1690-1790 riotous assemblies, 1769-1850 parading identity, 1870-1968. Part 2 Two communities: the glorious twelfth the endless parade our day will come - parading Irish nationalism. Part 3 Display faith: trust in God, but keep your powder dry a nation once again. Part 4 Painting the streets: at the going down of the sun hungering for peace.
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