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Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland
On the 17th of March every year, Ireland celebrates a special day called Saint Patrick’s Day. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and brought Christianity to this country.
People in Ireland paint their faces and draw shamrocks or the Irish flag on their faces to look cool. They go to the parade and enjoy the day.
There are a lot of floats going through the streets with people on them playing Irish music and doing Irish dancing. There are bands playing music and clowns and acrobats in the parade too.
A lot of people from different countries come to Ireland to join in the celebrations and have a good time. Sometimes people come to Ireland for the first time just to see and go to the huge parade that people celebrate here. Lots of people dress up for the day at the parade or at home. Some dress as leprechauns. They wear colourful clothes and hats to look great.
In the evening people go to the pub to listen to Irish music and drink Guinness. There is also a huge firework display on the river which thousands of people go to watch.
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Los Locos take over the town on December 28, where tradition is formed by several characters, one of them is "the mojiganga" who runs the 27th in the evening after 7 pm the different streets of the village, announcing the coming of Los Locos. Dressed in black coat and a hat hat, swinging awkwardly on a donkey, carrying in their clothing, invitations to the houses to be visited by Locos on the following day.
On December 28 and the morning you hear the first rocket, and a bad figure dressed as a beggar, "El CORREO", who plays from door to door to houses where Mojiganga left the office the day before.On hearing the second rocket, the owners shut their doors trade for fear of the costumes, which look much as they can be. The third rocket, and the Locos are on the streets with their colorful costumes, the cone cují roots and its painted masks, sow terror among the small fry.
The costumes have changed recently used at parties called 'Fantasies ", the reasons are many: animal, animals, characters and all sorts of shapes created by the imagination of the Watch, who are working on their costumes all year.
Although the tradition has continued, many of the elements that make up have varied over the generations. Today Fools do not take anything from shops or the houses they visit, however, in the streets, families gather and prepare food and drinks to offer to the people dressed up dancing to the beat of drums accompanied by four an orchestra that engages the board of Los Santos Inocentes, body more than 50 years ago organized the centennial celebration with the award of the beautiful costumes and a party that lasted until the early hours of the morning of 29, ends as another edition of "Los Locos de La Vela"
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| My sister, dressed like "LOCA DE LA VELA" in last year carnival |
