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[aras-image:5Hv.008,,12,368,259,Le Bal Paré]
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1773 A.D. Le Bal Paré, a ceremonial ball which had established itself in the reign of Louis XIV, gaining its name because it was governed by preordained rules and led by a master of ceremonies. But the ceremony became purely secular and the priest is now replaced by the master of ceremonies. The sacred meaning is gone and the ceremony celebrates a worldly hierarchy of power and status ( |