Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends is a short-lived Australian television soap opera debuted on 7 February 1990. The series was intended to be the Nine Network's response to the already successful soaps on the rival channels - "Neighbours" and "E Street" on the Network Ten and "Home and Away" on the Seven Network. Set in a suburban community the series focused on two families - the Chandler and the Italian-Australian Rossi families - who were linked by a long-standing vendetta stemming from an accidental death in the 1950s. Old enmities were renewed by the Romeo-and-Juliet style
Candles Convoy of Salé centuries. Candles Convoy of Salé Candles Convoy of Salé, also called Moussem of Candles, is a festival in Salé, Morocco. It is organised once every year during the period of Mawlid (birth of prophet Muhammad). During the reign of Ahmed al-Mansour between 1578 and1603, the Sultan was impressed by a convoy of candles in celebration of the Mawlid during his exil (between 1557 à 1576) to Istanbul. The Sultan decided to imitate this Ottoman celebration and bring it to Marrakech. He ordered to have candles convoys in all parts of the kingdom including Salé. This tradition continued around Salé for