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Description

The Carnival of the Lake took place at Hokowhitu Lagoon during Anniversary Weekend 1963. Events included a pet parade, children's competitions, Highland dancing, and a boating and canoeing regatta. Some other highlights were decorated gondolas, an elephant race and performances by the stuntman Indana who demonstrated firewalking and escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a crane.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Z Collection - 2013-50
Date
1963
Digitisation ID
2015P_2013-50_012000 - 2015P_2013-50_012008
Format
Colour print

Taxonomy

Community Tags
boat,
colour,
elephant,
fun,
hokowhitu,
unidentified,
water,

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