Not your usual Easter egg hunt.
CARACAS Caracas (kəră`kəs, kərä`–, Span. kärä`käs), city (1990 pop. 1,824,892), Federal Dist., N Venezuela, the capital and largest city of the country, near the Caribbean Sea. Its port is La Guaira. , Venezuela Venezuela (vĕnəzwā`lə, Span. vānāswā`lä), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. -- An apple with coins inserted hangs on a rope while a young girl tries to grab a coin from it as part of a game for children during an Easter Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. celebration. The children keep the coins they capture as a prize.
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