It’s been a quiet week for Jan and I, as least as
far as activity is concerned. We have both gone into summer
hibernation to get us through the higher than normal temperatures of this
summer. On the other hand it’s been anything but quiet in Parcent,
at least after midnight.
Fiesta has come to Parcent again. The
giveaway is the crowded car park. Seven cars is a crowded car park in the
village. Normally we comment if there is one in the car park. This
is partly because it is well away from the main road around the village, and
only locals would know how to get to it. Parking is not normally a
problem, most locals just stop their car where they want to get out and no one
seems to mind.
The village remains its sleepy norm during the
day and early evening, apart from an occasional outburst from the town
band. However at midnight, or just after, a band or disco starts in
the village square and goes on until daylight. They must be paid by
the volume, because the sound rolls around the valley in waves.
Fortunately we are outside the village and far enough away that it is just a
loud rumble. We manage to sleep through most of it, but I hate to think
how they manage in the village. This might explain why it is so
quiet during the day.
On the other hand from our naya we have a grandstand
view of the firework display which opened the fiesta. We love the spectacle of the town band
calling at the home of each festero to escort them to the church for the
evening mass. It’s great to see how the
whole village, from babies to old ladies sitting outside their house on wooden
kitchen chairs, enter into the spirit of the fiesta. The enthusiasm with which the village band
play their limited selection of music. It’s
very much part of village life and the noise is a small enough price to pay to
be part of it.
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