3 Kings or Los tres Reyes

The eve of the 5th January is the time all the children here have been waiting for as it is on this evening that the 3 kings bring the presents as they did with their gold, frankincense and myrrh over 2000 years ago. Rather than travel by camel, in Torre del Compte they arrive on a trailer pulled by a tractor.

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The trailer is followed by everyone carrying a lit torch from the church to the hall adjoining the bar/restaurant.

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Here, the torches are extinguished and everyone enters the hall...

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...where the kings and their pages hand out the presents to those people whose names are called out.

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Not only do the children get presents!

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After, a supper dish with friends is well received.

As we were looking in a shop window earlier in the day, we noticed the toy gun above. Hopefully the stimulation it provides is not caused by shooting people!

Photos marked * are by Floyd.