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Seville Cabalgata 2004

In Seville each year on the 5th Of January they have the 'Cabalgata de los Reyes' or 'Cavalcade of the Kings'. This is a parade to celebrate the three kings that came to worship and bring gifts to baby Jesus 2,000 years ago (the epiphany). In Spain the traditional day for gift giving is the 6th of January when the three kings were said to have visited Jesus.

The cabalgata is huge and very commercial. The main purpose is for businesses to sponsor floats from which literally millions of candies are thrown into the eager crowd below. In Seville 100 tonnes of lollies are thrown. That's right 100,000kg!!!

In the photos you will see kids dressed in their best clothes, which you see often anyway, many with plastic bags to collect the candies and you even see people with upsidedown umbrellas to catch the candies too!
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Crowd waiting for the procession
Crowd waiting for the procession
Oscar and Luis waiting for the floats to come
Oscar and Luis waiting for the floats to come
Oscar and Luis waiting for the floats to come
Oscar and Luis waiting for the floats to come
Police clearing crowds
Police clearing crowds
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Here Comes the Parade, Seville, Spain
Here Comes the Parade, Seville, Spain
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Spanish Kids waiting for parade to start
Oscar enjoying parade
Oscar enjoying parade
Spanish couple waiting
Spanish couple waiting
Spanish couple waiting
Spanish couple waiting
Crowds waiting
Crowds waiting
Crowds waiting
Crowds waiting
Crowds waiting with Luis
Crowds waiting with Luis
Horses arrive - it begins
Horses arrive - it begins
It all starts
It all starts
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Floats with various themes pass and throw out lollies
Oscar gets hit in head by candy
Oscar gets hit in head by candy
People scramble for Lollies
People scramble for Lollies
Arabic flavour
Arabic flavour
Arabic flavour
Arabic flavour
Float
Float
Kids on Float
Kids on Float
Dressed up men
Dressed up men
Candy anyone?
Candy anyone?
Drum beating
Drum beating
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Crowds / parade seen from our roof
Luis with neighbour Marieugenio on roof watching parade
Luis with neighbour Marieugenio on roof watching parade
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