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What is the name of the custom on the island of Corfu where clay pots (botides) are thrown from balconies onto the streets to mark Holy Saturday morning?

On Holy Saturday at 11am, Corfiots hurl large red clay water jugs (botides) filled with water from their balconies onto the streets below, a Venetian-era custom symbolising the earthquake that accompanied Christ's resurrection.

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