WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!!!

it's been very quiet around the build for a couple of days, mainly due to the national transport strike.

The builder can't get some of the materials he needs so until it's over I thought I'd tell you a little about some of the great things that are happening in our area.

FEISTA "Funeral for a Sardine"
Did someone mentions sardines??? There was I thinking that a tasty meal was about to appear?
This fiesta is a celebration of the time when the first sardines of the year were brought by cart from the coast........no one seems to know when the funeral element came in but it's a wonderful night. This is what happens:
For weeks before the fiesta the men plan their costumes and are expected to dress as women, the results are often hilarious as you can see from the photos,. People dress in all manner of clothes and at the head of the procession is a very large paper mache sardine on a metal frame. The town band plays some great tunes and then at certain stages the procession stops, the band breaks into the funeral march and everyone pretends to weep and wail!! After a few minutes the band stikes up a cheerful tune and the procession carries on and on into the small hours. There is huge merriment and all filmed by Rute TV the local station who films everything so that we can all see it again later.

Shame there were no real sardines!!!!