Geomètric Cavalcada del Reis Mags

Did you know that the Three Kings who brought gifts to the baby Jesus arrived in a ship? No, neither did I till this evening. Look.

They’ve already done what they had to do by visiting the Christ child. Now here they are approaching Premià de Mar, preparing to bring gifts tonight to all the good children in town. The ship flies the (geometric) flag of Saint George, patron saint of Catalonia. And the port itself is geometric enough, with the masts of so many sailing ships as a foil to the choir singing to welcome the three monarchs.

Later, they put in an appearance at the town square, then processed round the town. I have better (I hope) photos of the event on my camera, but for now, let’s make do with a few mobile phone snapshots – and not very geometric at that. Not so much of the kings, but of their elephants; drummers; coal wagons (naughty children get coal, not presents); post-people receiving letters written by hopeful children. Pictures of the kings, of the distributors of sweets, and other assorted bits of fun will have to wait for another day.

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I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

40 thoughts on “Geomètric Cavalcada del Reis Mags”

  3. You’ve definitely got the hang of this phone blogging business, Margaret, and squaring too! All hail the Kings! Ours cross the Guadiana by boat, but we didn’t make the effort this year because it’s a bit damp out. Love the colourful plastic elephant. Happy holidays!

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  5. Maybe it was a translation error. In my version they came on “ships of the desert”. — It looks like a wonderful festival, though. And very geometric and square, of course.

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  7. love the geometry of the ships. But am elephant and the three wise men? What? And is that like a huge mega blow up elephant? Who knew such a thing even existed!

    Bernie

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  10. I love how the Spanish and Portuguese celebrate epiphany – we had a camel once in Portugal but never a ship but guess they would need a ship as otherwise a very very long walk for them!

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  13. What a great festival to be part of! It looks like fun for everyone and even if the elephants are incongruous I’m always happy to see some 😀 As for the ship, I always understood they came on camels which are known as ‘ships of the desert’ so I reckon this interpretation works for a coastal town!

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