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Your Pictures: Edinburgh festival

Picture by Chris Conway

About 3,000 performers took part in Sunday's cavalcade which kicked off the Edinburgh festival season. Picture by Chris Conway

Chris Conway

Heavy rain before the Cavalcade did not stop it being a very colourful event. Picture by Chris Conway.

Lukasz Warzecha took this during the Edinburgh Cavalcade

Pipe bands were very popular with the 50,000 spectators who lined the streets for the Cavalcade. Picture by Lukasz Warzecha.

Jon Davey from Edinburgh took this at the end of the Cavalcade

Jon Davey from Edinburgh took this as Cavalcade performers packed away

Lukasz Warzechaa  - Japanese girl dressed in traditional dress occuppies a place that often pipers play!

Edinburgh attracts performers from all over the world. Picture by Lukasz Warzecha

miss australia 1963 by Mojtaba Hadian

The Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town is a magnet for performers. This is Miss Australia 1963, apparently. Picture by Mojtaba Hadian

bride

A "bride" hands out flyers in the centre of Edinburgh. Pic by Mojtaba Hadian

A tall girl promoting her show in Royal Mile. Picture by Mojtaba Hadian.

A tall girl promoting her show in Royal Mile. Picture by Mojtaba Hadian.

fringe

The Fringe runs until 25 August. There are more than 2,000 shows at 247 venues. Picture by Mojtaba Hadian



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