“Endiablada” Festival in Spain

Aniceto Rodrigo, 78, Diablo Mayor or “greater devil”, adjusts his mitre inside his home before walking around the village during the “Endiablada” traditional festival in Almonacid Del Marquesado, Spain, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. The “Endiablada” (The Brotherhood of the Devils) festivals are celebrated each Feb. 2-3 in the central Spanish town of Almonacid del Marquesado since medieval times or before. In the festival, men from the town dress up as devil-type characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. They don large heavy copper cowbells around their waists, which clang incessantly as they walk, dance and jump through the town's winding streets and visit the cemetery. The Feb. 3 day procession commemorates the day of Saint Blas. According to a local legend, town shepherds found a statue of the saint and then won a competition with folk from a nearby town to keep the effigy and rang the bells of their animals in celebration. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)
“Endiablada” Festival in Spain
   
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