Old charm
Beaucaire fair is one of the oldest markets in Europe. Certain references set the origin in the fourteenth century, being a witness of most commercial dynamism of our city.
Known popularly as the Old market, you can find everything:
* Old and Used Furniture
* Antiques
* Clothes and old
* Old Books and CDs
* COLLECTING
* Electrical equipment
* Machinery and appliances new and second hand
* Wide range of current products and clothing boats
More than 500 traders and 100 consumers in 15,000 m2 per week.
* Decoration, home improvement, hardware, etc..
Matances de Bujots
Easter Sunday is celebrated in a curious tradition in Ciutadella, Menorca. Known as the Matances of Bujots there are puppets hanging in many streets – they represent well known characters who become the target of the shooting.
Bujots mean ’stooge’, a derogatory word to describe someone without a personality. Ciutadella, the Matances de Bujots is an opportunity to bring the attention to the political class and highlight anything that has been cause of criticism.
There is no record of its origin, although it is likely to come from an ancient custom in which a puppet was carried through the streets of Ciutadella and then burned in Plaça des Born.
A photograph from 1883 hanging in the premises of the Cercle Artistic, shows a puppet shaken by the people.
Nor is its symbolism very clear, although it appears that it was a festive end to Lent, a time of darkness and deprivation.
A day of fishing in the south of India
(Varkala, Kerala, India)
The day begins early. Fishermen repair the nets in the shore.to leave in their boats towards the sea, extend them and wait.
Meanwhile managers wait in the shore and the other fishermen are the first trading their captures.
The men on shore began to take a position, two of them swimming in the deep corner of the nets and start shouting and sharp blows on the water, the men gather in the ropes in the sand waiting for the signal start to pull the net. Birds flutter waiting for the right moment to steal a fresh bite.
That is undoubtedly the hardest time pulling under the loud voices of the boss shouting instructions and cheering up.
After 4 long hours under a fiery sun only takes two minutes selling all the fish that disappears and everything starts again until they take over the thousands of boats that sleep on the sea, drawing a beautiful scenery of lights on a silver and quiet sea.
