On the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula there is a custom of celebrating the summer solstice with night-time festivities in which things that are no longer useful are burnt and evil spirits are summoned to flee from our surroundings. One part of the festival is the "correfocs", literally fire-running, in which demons chase the attendees with small fireworks. Normally these demons are dressed in crude costumes and masks that try to produce terror among those who dare to defy them.
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En el litoral mediterráneo de la península ibérica existe la costumbre de celebrar el solsticio de verano con unas fiestas nocturnas en las que se queman las cosas que ya no son útiles y se invoca a los malos espíritus a huir de nuestro entorno. Una parte de la fiesta son los "correfocs", literalmente corre fuegos, en el que los demonios van persiguiendo a los asistentes con pequeños fuegos artificiales. Normalmente estos demonios van disfrazados de una manera tosca y con caretas que tratan de producir terror entre los que se atreven a desafiarlos.
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Culture, mystery, great photography!
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Photography at night always interesting, seeing cultural displays and reason behind them always a joy learning more!
La cuestión es quemar cosas 😅🔥 Saludos amigo
Pues sí Davinia, tristemente en este país muchas cosas las hemos arreglado quemando, y no siempre para bien. Pero bueno, el fuego tiene también algo mágico, purificador.
Muchas gracias por pasarte y comentar, es gratificante.
Aquí lo sabemos bien, es purificador efectivamente, dejar atrás lo que no sirve y a ver qué llega... quedémonos con lo mágico mejor. ¡Feliz viernes!
Hi there @xaviduran
Wow this is wild ! I bet it was really something to see and be a part of. I'm "Native American Indian" so yea, I get how other people ( outsiders) don't understand, don't want to understand and become frightened of what they don't Understand. So therefore, it all must be evil....
It really is an initiatory festival that has its origins hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago. It celebrates the end of a not very productive agricultural season such as spring, and the beginning of summer, the festival has become a kind of purification in which everything that is left over is burnt, the house and the spirit are cleaned, to start the summer season completely renewed.
Thank you very much for commenting @jeridawn
I love those firework.it's really great photography.
is it an occasion or wedding party or something else?
Hi @labibasultana
Thanks for commenting.
As I explained in my entry, is the celebration of the summer solstice in the Mediterranean coast of Spain, specially in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
Oh that's great