Thursday, 1 November 2018

Happy Kataloween: the spooky celebration in the Paris catacombs

Every Halloween partygoers descend into this mysterious underworld where – from occult art shows to obsessive ‘cataphiles’ – a secret subculture is flourishing

It’s Halloween, and a group of young Parisians, in various forms of fancy dress, are sitting around drinking beer. Nothing unusual about that, you might think – and you’d be right. Except for the fact that they’re 20 metres underground, in a candelit cavern, a stone’s throw from a huge pile of human bones.

This is “Kataloween”, an annual celebration held in the forbidden part of the Paris catacombs – the network of tunnels, caves and quarries that span the entire southern half of the city. Every year, partygoers, hedonists, anarchists and the odd plucky tourist descend into this mysterious underworld for a Halloween party with a difference.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Pv5W5Q

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