Fishy stuff is going on around Spain tonight. Black-clad processions and gigantic papier mâché sea creatures on wheels, huge bonfires, public feasts, live music, fireworks and, in some cases, partying until dawn. We know about eating fish on Good Friday, but the pre-Lent carnivals and, in the Anglo-Saxon world, the Shrove Tuesday pancake feast, was only last week. And in any case, why aren’t they edible fish, or fish left to their own devices in the river or sea, and why are they going up in flames?
Towns and cities which hold a week-long carnival celebrate the Entierro de la Sardina (‘Burial of the Sardine’) on the last day, and those whose carnivals are a one-night-only affair usually hold this apparently-bizarre ritual a week later.
Spain will never cease to amaze you.
Read more courtesy of EyeOnSpain.com