The festival, which centered around International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25), began earlier this week and finished today. Various organizations and about 100 artists worked together to put on a variety of shows, plays and concerts throughout Lyon and its suburbs.
A parade accompanied by a Brazilian drumming band worked its way from Place Bellecour to Place Louis Pradel, ending the festival on a noisy note. High school students from Lyon’s suburb Vénissieux performed a dance show, which was followed by a brief speech depicting some of the women killed by domestic violence in 2009. White-clad demonstrators with masks represented the dead women.
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| "Domestic violence kills one woman in France every two days" |
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| "Domestic violence - break the silence" |
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| High School students from Venissieux, a suburb of Lyon, dance during the parade. |
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| 140 women in France were killed during domestic violence disputes in 2009. |
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