Carnival is held throughout Spain as a celebration of the end of winter and the wecoming of Spring. Every year in the village the children from the primary school celebrate carnival, and chase out the bad winter devils and welcome the good spring spirits into the village by dressing up in classroom made gigantic heads and fancy dress, then parade around the whole village banging drums and tooting whistles, whilst demanding sweets from the villagers as payment for their services.
This year the celebration will take place on Monday 4th February, departing from the school at 12 noon, it lasts for about 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour and eveyone is welcome to take part or just watch the children. I am sure if you come armed with a bag of sweets the children will love you forever.
Look forward to seeing you all there
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Hi
There is a good carnival in Vinaros, just down the road from this weekend
http://www.carnavaldevinaros.es
on Sunday 27th at 17:45 there is a large flour fight near the market
enjoy
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