http://www.holavalencia.net/2009/06/17/corpus-christi-2009-cabalgata-del-convite/ A blog about Valencia - Guide, Photos, Restaurants, Fallas, Videos, Events, Food, Hostels, B&Bs and Hotels Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.holavalencia.net/2009/06/17/corpus-christi-2009-cabalgata-del-convite/comment-page-1/#comment-5659 Valencia’s Corpus Christi 2009 | Hola Valencia Blog Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:42:12 +0000 http://www.holavalencia.net/?p=2619#comment-5659 [...] Cabalgata del Convite – At noon, a mounted procession winds its way around Plaza de la Reina up towards the Almoina. This cabalgata is famous for its dancing, and for the strange tradition of the degolla — literally, the throat-slitting. King Herod’s masked henchmen run riot through the streets, “killing” infants by tapping them on the head with a stick. Onlookers take revenge on them by splashing buckets of water from the balconies. (Seems fair enough: you kill my infant, I’ll make you wet!) A good place to watch this is on C/ Avellanas — it’s not to be missed. [...] [...] Cabalgata del Convite – At noon, a mounted procession winds its way around Plaza de la Reina up towards the Almoina. This cabalgata is famous for its dancing, and for the strange tradition of the degolla — literally, the throat-slitting. King Herod’s masked henchmen run riot through the streets, “killing” infants by tapping them on the head with a stick. Onlookers take revenge on them by splashing buckets of water from the balconies. (Seems fair enough: you kill my infant, I’ll make you wet!) A good place to watch this is on C/ Avellanas — it’s not to be missed. [...]

]]> http://www.holavalencia.net/2009/06/17/corpus-christi-2009-cabalgata-del-convite/comment-page-1/#comment-4519 Paso de las Rocas – Corpus Christi in Valencia | Hola Valencia Blog Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:46:34 +0000 http://www.holavalencia.net/?p=2619#comment-4519 [...] Rocas is the 2nd of the Corpus Christi day parades, which were celebrated this year on June 14th. Click here to read our post about the first parade, the cabalgata del [...] [...] Rocas is the 2nd of the Corpus Christi day parades, which were celebrated this year on June 14th. Click here to read our post about the first parade, the cabalgata del [...]

]]> http://www.holavalencia.net/2009/06/17/corpus-christi-2009-cabalgata-del-convite/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Pappy Powell Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:28:54 +0000 http://www.holavalencia.net/?p=2619#comment-4504 Looks and sounds wonderful !! Better also book us for next year's festival. Looks and sounds wonderful !! Better also book us for next year’s festival.

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