On the 5th January Spain celebrates the end of Christmas with a great party where everybody gives and receives presents. It is to celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men - Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar to the city where Jesus was born. In the same way that the Three Wise Men gave gifts to baby Christ, here they share out presents amongst children all over Spain. In fact, the Three Kings are more popular than Santa Claus. There are lots of processions of the Three Wise Men in each town and city throughout Spain, where the children go along with their parents to see the kings and receive sweets from them. The atmosphere is electric.
Here are a few photographs of the procession in Ronda, which started at 9pm from the railway station and finished at the bottom of the Calle de la Bola, nearby to the ancient bullring.
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