Festival en Tafalla 13 Feb

It has been a while, but I handed in a 2000 word reflective essay to my home university yesterday =D All I ate was bread the day before it was due, so it was cruel seeing the awesome Japanese food my boyfriend was enjoying in Japan on facebook =( 

Despite having it due on Monday, I still went to a festival in a nearby town called Tafalla, only 30 minutes away by bus. Sunday was the last day that it was on, and it was eye-opening (even though I only had a few hours of sleep from doing the assignment). I went with other American girls, and it was the best fun ever. The funniest and weirdest thing were these things called cabezudos (I only found out the name from my flatmate). Here are the photos from the day! 

Outdoor Market Mercadillos
Notice how the branches are joined? It's really quite beautiful
They're plane trees, grafted together so theres a canopy in summer

Selling Cute Flamenco dresses
Imagine a little spanish girl in one of those!

This was in the indoor market, which sold many hand-made products
These are walking sticks chiseled from wood,
the same guy who was selling it, was working on one in front of us! 

Hand Made Puppets

We emerge from the indoor markets and there's a Vintage Car show!

The Town Square

Lots of food stores in the Town Square

Mmmm

These are the Cabezudos
They have big masks & costumes and notice the little satchels they carry on a stick

Notice what they do with it. Yeup.
It's a tradition from this province of Navarra, they hit everyone.
Kids, adults, me =(  But they turned out to be the best fun! It was hilarious seeing them chase kids down the street.

Te Canabis! jaja

Haha, the Cabezudo is just eyeing my American friend.
To hit or not to hit, that is the question. 

The same vintage cars doing laps around the city.
They actually work, haha.

More food in the outdoor markets in the Town Square

This festival was amazing. It happens on the weekend closest to 9th February every year, and I was so surprised to see the Cabezudos, not having heard anything about it, and seeing them hit everyone on the street: on the head, bums, shoulders, back... We thought it might mean good luck, but even locals say its just for fun. It was definitely an amazing experience.