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<\/a><\/p>\nWe are on fair in Granada these days, the Corpus Christi celebration. Concerts, marquee gens with music, and the desire of enjoying our free time are essential ingredients. On Wednesday schools end early, and all the small ones are accompanied of their parents to see the Tarasca parade, among carnival figures with large heads, and Moors and Christians giants.<\/p>\n
This queen of the Corpus is a woman’s mannequin on a dragon, who every year walks in the city attired with an exclusive cloth\u2019s design. It is said that her garment indicates the trend of every summer, though in some cases it has been thematic, and that both figures symbolize the victory of beauty over the monstrous side. This year she wears a lovely cream-colored garment, with green leaves that join her with the dragon in some magic war, and it makes her to look like a fairy or a goddess, in words of her designer.<\/p>\n
Though we name the lady as the Tarasca, according to the legend this was the name of the monster that goes with her. As with some others, its pagan origin has been Christianized when relating it to Saint Martha. The story comes from the French Provence, where a terrible mythological creature was devouring his inhabitants mercilessly. Saint Martha entered into the forest where the animal was hiding, and returned with it tied to a piece of clothes of her own garment, as if it was a docile puppy. As darkness fell, the inhabitants of the city killed the creature, but on having been Christianized by the Saint, they regretted, and changed the name of the city into that of Tarasc\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
The Tarasca is also present in other cities, with other meanings, but usually linked to the procession Corpus Christi procession. How she came to Granada, I don\u2019t know it, but her walk marks the beginning of our big holiday. You are all invited! Estos d\u00edas estamos de feria en Granada, la celebraci\u00f3n del el Corpus Christi. Conciertos, casetas, y ganas de pasarlo bien son ingredientes esenciales. El mi\u00e9rcoles los coles terminan temprano, y todos los peque\u00f1os van acompa\u00f1ados de sus padres a ver el desfile de la Tarasca, entre cabezudos, y gigantes disfrazados de moros y cristianos. Esta…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"