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Weighing in the Mayor

A strange ceremony marks the beginning of the civic year in High Wycombe. The town has had mayors since 1285 and the custom of weighing the mayor has survived. At 6.30 on a Thursday evening towards the end of May a procession of dignitaries goes along the High Street to the Town Hall where the new mayor takes office. Immediately afterwards they assemble outside where a comfortable looking chair is attached to a fine old scale which is suspended from a brass tripod.

The mayor is weighed first, followed by the mayoress, the ex-mayor and so on. The weights are checked and recorded, and announced by an official. Each announcement of the weight is followed by the words ‘and no more’ or ‘and some more’, depending on whether the official has lost or gained weight in the past year. A loss of weight signifies hard work over the past year, a gain, laziness. Consequently, he or she is cheered or booed as appropriate.

Watch the video: Mayor weighing in May 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpMtfX95wY

Write a description of a custom in your own country. (120-180 words)

Make sure that you

-          describe the event in sequence by using time words and phrases

-          use the present tense where appropriate

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