FIESTAS IN SPAIN: The Jarramplas

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FIESTAS IN SPAIN: The Jarramplas

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This unusual-looking character pounding away on a drum as he takes a walloping from an onslaught of turnips is none other than “Jarramplas”, the central figure of the fiestas in a town in the western region of Extremadura known as Piornal. He comes out every January 19 and 20 for the Feast of St. Sebastian, … Continue reading FIESTAS IN SPAIN: The Jarramplas

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