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Sea Urchin Festival of Huerres

Colunga, Oriente, Asturias

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Sea Urchin Festival of Huerres

Activity · Colunga, Oriente, Asturias

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Each February the village of Huerres celebrates the season of the oricio, the sea urchin gathered on the coast of Colunga during the winter and eaten raw or set in an omelette; the event brings together the devotees of this iodine-flavoured shellfish.

Photo: Ramón (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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