We were lucky to find the opening of the Santa Tecla festival in Sitges Thursday evening.  We didn't understand much of what was happening but it was colourful.  There were giants, dragons shooting fireworks, pipe and drum bands, male and female stick dancers, and guys dressed in decorated potato  sacks setting off more fire crackers.  It seemed that the whole town was participating and many shops covered their windows against who knows what kind of damage.  Friday was a holiday and it looked like it would be a three-day party.

Re-loading the dragon.

 Many of the guys smoked cigars and used them to light the fire crackers.

 Fire breathing dragon.

 The giant king and queen.

 some recognizable characters.

Some not so recognizable.