Valls, January 14, 2007On Sunday we went to our friend's town to see the traditional Els Tres Tombs festival. Several towns celebrate this event, but Valls has one of the biggest. Townsfolk traditionally brought the animals to be blessed by Saint Anthony, and toured around the town three times in a parade (tombs means tour in Catalan). Today we only saw horses and donkeys, although I'm told sometimes sheep and goats and more are brought.
The parade started with single riders (some dressed traditionally or Andalusian style) or in school groups. Then came the horses and carts, half-size horses, some donkeys. Towards the end, the wagon trains, pulled by six to eight horses, paraded by. As seen by the advertisements, these seemed to belong to local restaurants.
See the video.
Modern-day mule:
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