I suppose that every region has its own day, but I'm not sure....in this case, it was Cantabria Day, the region where Santander is located. Spain is divided into different "autonomous regions" which contain provinces and within them, cities and towns and villages. How you decide whether a place is a town or village or city is really beyond me....I don't know what the official population limits are for those! :)
Anyway, we went to check it out in a town called Cabezon de la Sal (literally "Big head of the salt"...something related to some guy from there connected to salt mines way back when....) and took in some activities and people-(and animal)watched. :)
Special Tudanca bulls (their horns stick straight out and up) pulling stones around the field. I think the record for that day (there were 6 pairs) was 1800kg!!
Then the wild horses came out....
And these crazy guys (some experts, some with no clue at all) were trying to corral the animals and then grab one to ride bareback....they tried that with the cows too, only grabbing one to brand rather than ride.... :)
Out of the way!!
Traditional Cantabrian clothing
Ugh, what is that on his back?
Traditional dances
The youngsters are keeping the culture alive
Typical Cantabrian footwear for when the farmers had to work in the wet muddy fields and didn't want to sink in up to their ankles! These guys came down from the mountains for the special day, with all their gear!
And they brought their big dogs too, but they had to wait outside the bar....
Enjoy some traditional tunes!
They shuffle-danced pretty well in those shoes! :)
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