In other words: Let the Fiesta BEGIN!!!
Every Fiesta needs a proper "official" start, and last Friday night (June 12th) was that of the Hogueras: El Preg�n. A preg�n is a speech, the opening address by some authority figure that is the kick-off point for any Fiestas in Spain. It usually takes place in a City Hall balcony, overlooking a crowd of participants in the fiesta. Here's Alicante's Plaza del Ayuntamiento just a few moments before the event was set to begin:
Crowded with people, most of them members of various Hogueras or Barracas, who came together in groups like this one to join in the party:
Some ladies came dressed in their finest:
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