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Holy Saturday: the burning of dolls

Alamillo, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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Holy Saturday: the burning of dolls

Activity · Alamillo, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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Holy Saturday ritual in which effigies are burned and Judas is tossed in a blanket, considered Alamillo's most important popular tradition. It is an agrarian ritual mixing the pagan and the religious, symbolising the end of winter and the resurgence of life in spring; the dolls are stuffed with firecrackers that go off during the burning.

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