If you are going to be in San Sebastian, Spain on 19th January, then you can hear drums and you are hard pressed to hear anything else for next 24 hours in the Basque city of San Sebastian in Spain as it stages the unusual and unusually loud drum festival La Tamborrada. So, take flights to Spain and get the glimpses of this unusual festival.
At the stroke of midnight, a flag is raised in Plaza de la ConstitucÃon, regiments of soldiery drummers begin parading through the resort town, banging and thumping at drums and barrels to celebrate the city’s eponymous patron saint.
Even school children get a chance as all the schools of San Sebastian marching and drumming in uniform during the day. The origin of this cacophonic festival are believed to go back to 1720 and tradition carries on to date and is a kind of tribute to the patron saint of San Sebastian.
To be a part of this grand festival, be sure to carry some ear plugs along because that’s when the ear -shattering La Tamborrada is going to take place.
At the stroke of midnight, a flag is raised in Plaza de la ConstitucÃon, regiments of soldiery drummers begin parading through the resort town, banging and thumping at drums and barrels to celebrate the city’s eponymous patron saint.
Even school children get a chance as all the schools of San Sebastian marching and drumming in uniform during the day. The origin of this cacophonic festival are believed to go back to 1720 and tradition carries on to date and is a kind of tribute to the patron saint of San Sebastian.
To be a part of this grand festival, be sure to carry some ear plugs along because that’s when the ear -shattering La Tamborrada is going to take place.
