Along with the Festival of San Juan comes another weird tradition. Just as the one with the bull penises, this one is said to have come from Spain. I went there with our cap driver Donaldo and at first it looks like a regular old fair. But then I saw the horses, a guy with a weird metal glove, and a duck dangling high in the air, hanging from his feet with a shaven neck looking utterly confused.

Long story short: It’s a game on horses and it’s all about the ducks. The guys - and girls - gallop on the path underneath the duck and try to rip its head off!!! Most of them bare handed - I only saw one guy with metal glove. I don’t know how the duck feels about that and I don’t know how long it takes till they are succesfull and the poor fucker is finally dead. I did not stay for the spectacular. Just snapped a few pictures of horses and ducks and then got the fuck outtta there…

The whole scene reminded me of the phrase that Marty and I keeep for the worst occasions: “Fuck a fucking duck!”

Peace!

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