"ZARRAMACOS"

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8 January 2017

The zarramacos with their bells and fur dresses are one of the main characters of the first winter carnival Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631897

8 January 2017

The zarramacos chase the bear by the mountains of Silio (Cantabria) in the party of the Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain, considered the first carnival of winter in Europe, while they sound the bells that they have hung. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631899

8 January 2017

The zarramacos cross the streets of the town of Silio in the party of the Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain, considered the first winter carnival in Europe as they ring their bells to celebrate the capture of the bear that symbolizes evil. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631898

8 January 2017

During their tour the zarramacos beat and throw to the ground to the bear before killing during Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain that is considered the first winter carnival of Spain. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631892

8 January 2017

One of the participants in the first winter carnival, Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain, drinks a glass of wine as he prepares to participate in this year's masquerade. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631893

8 January 2017

A zarramaco adjusts his hat before starting to participate in the first winter carnival Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631894

8 January 2017

A white dancer descends by a hillside jumping during the first carnival of the year in Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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#1631895

8 January 2017

The master tries to remove the bear (another of the main characters of the vijanera) from a cave in the forest to capture and kill him inside the winter carnival of the Vijanera festival on January 8, 2017 in Silio, Cantabria province, Spain. La Vijanera is a winter masquerade that takes place in the town of Silió, in Cantabria (Spain), the first Sunday of each year. If this date coincides with the new year it is moved to the next. The real protagonists of the party are the zarramacos due to the importance of its paper. The latter are people dressed in sheep's clothing and bearded hats in addition to wearing the face painted black that are driving away the evil spirits of the year that begins by ringing the various bells that are tied to the body. Its mission is to expel these spirits from the people reaching the limits of the same, a tradition that points to much older ones probably from Roman times. La Vijanera concludes with the death of the Bear, which symbolizes the victory of good over the Evil and the desire for good intentions for the new year.

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