September 10, 2010

Fiesta!

During the opening of the Timog Avenue branch of Buddy's restaurant (see yesterday's post), the owners recreated some parts of the Pahiyas Festival. It was a fun treat seeing higantes (giants)…

higantes (giants) at the opening of Buddy's restaurant along Timog Avenue


and a brass band. Of course, both attracted quite a lot of attention from passersby, including a vendor hoping to sell some balloons to guests with little children.

brass band at the opening of Buddy's restaurant along Timog Avenue

14 comments:

  1. SRQSeptember 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM

    Those are some giants! That's a restaurant that knows how to have a grand opening.

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  2. HalcyonSeptember 10, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    This looks like fun!

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  3. escapeSeptember 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    nice that they include higantes to symbolize fiesta.

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  4. Rob SiemannSeptember 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    In a couple of days will start here las fiestas de la Merce, in honour of Nuestra Senora de la Merce, holy patron of Barcelona. We will see many of those gigantes, gegants in Catalan, parading the streets. And a few fire-spewing dragons as well. Plus about 300 free concerts, fireworks, exhibitions, and so on. Can't wait!

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  5. Mike RoseSeptember 10, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    Great shots Hilda, so colourful, looks like fun.

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  6. DinaSeptember 10, 2010 at 4:02 PM

    This is nice and fun too, thanks :)

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  7. VPSeptember 10, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Love the higantes and the band! I believe that some Pisans have infiltrated your last picture...

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  8. Roberto Machado AlvesSeptember 10, 2010 at 5:34 PM

    Very interesting post. It's fun.

    greetings.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    These are neat. Giants. Yes, they are even mentioned in the Bible. They were the offspring of heavenly beings and human beings. Og was one and his coffin was enormous.

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  10. RIAU DAILY PHOTOSeptember 10, 2010 at 8:16 PM

    This is nice and fun

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  11. KaoriSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:47 AM

    Very fancy giants, though! I'm surprised they didn't just start dancing to the music :D

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  12. arabesqueSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:50 AM

    hehe, the one on the left reminded me of speedy gonzales for some reason. ^0^ and they're tall alright!

    the resto looks enticing, i'll try it sometime.

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  13. Photo CacheSeptember 11, 2010 at 2:26 AM

    they opened the branch with a bang. would have loved to be there on opening day.

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  14. NefertitiSeptember 11, 2010 at 3:05 AM

    se que ca doit etre beau a voir et entendre !

    ;O)

    http://unephotounsouvenir.blogspot.com/

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