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"Culitos mojaos", el gentilicio popular de Estepona

Estepona, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

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"Culitos mojaos", el gentilicio popular de Estepona

Curiosity · Estepona, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

Image of Estepona, not of the place itself.

Natives of Estepona are popularly nicknamed "culitos mojaos" ("little wet bottoms"). Local tradition links the origin of the nickname to the old sale of figs, which were moistened with oil to mark their Estepona origin.

Photo: Caminador (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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