` cascamOrras :: festival celebrated in spain `


















A reveller covered in grease takes part in the annual "Cascamorras" festival in Baza, southern Spain in September. The festival was inspired by a dispute between the villages of Baza and Guadix over the possession of the image of the Virgin of Piedad. The Cascamorras refers to representatives from Guadix, who are sent to the town of Baza to recover the statue. As the Cascamorras have to stay perfectly clean to gain possession of the statue, Baza residents attempt to make them as 'dirty' as possible. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


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