La Terasca
Trip Start
May 17, 2009
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Trip End
Jun 21, 2009
Granada,
Andalusia,
Spain and Canary Islands
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
As I walked closer and closer to the town center, there were more people, ballon vendors, puppet vendors and food vendors on the street. I felt like I was on the right track. I walked up one of the main roads that led to Plaza del Carmen, and there it was, La Terasca. I donīt know the direct translation but itīs a parade of some sort. The giant masks and stilt people were in the center of the plaza for all to see. I waited for about an hour before these masks were brought to life by the some locals. They march down the streets of Granada with these puppet giants
Giant Heads
. An orchestra entertained the crowd as we waited with classical spanish music. A marching band preceeded the giant heads, and played very lively music, that you couldnīt resist moving to. What a way to start the day!
I took several pictures but suddenly, the battery on my camera died, so I raced back to the residence throught the crowds to get the replacement. The streets were innondated with people. IĻve never been in a crowd so large. I would say there had to be at least 100 thousand people in the narrow streets. They were all waiting for the parade to pass by. I couldnīt wait as I had to be at my class for 1:15. I wrestled my way through the crowds of children, teenages adults and the elderly. Luckily I made it to school on time.
After class, the masses of people had dwindled. I was told that tomorrow, there would be even more people for the Corpus Christi parade.
Many students from the residence will be going to the fair tonight. I went on Monday so I really donīt feel up to the crowds of people again. Weīll see though. Maybe Iīll have a change of heart.
