The participants of the carnival march

The participants of the carnival march from Deribasovskaya str. to the Black Sea Company's Stadium, pass nearby the monument to Duke de Rishelieu on the Day of Laugh - on Saturday, April 1, 2000, in Odessa. The scores of town-dwellers and guests came this day on the Deribasovskaya str. to take part in the celebration of "Yumorina- 2000" and watch the Carnival show. The various contests and Clowneries were conducted after the parade. There was allotted the extra-train to Odessa for Kyivites. According to the tradition the new monument was opened in the yard of the Museum of Literature on April 1. This time Odessa-mummy celebrated its ... Photo by Aleksey Sadilenko/ UNIAN