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TapasEasy
By Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish
Published 2009
TO GET AN IDEA OF THE INTENSITY AND ENERGY OF THE SPANISH FERIA OR FAIR, IMAGINE THE SIDESHOWS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW YOU WENT TO AS A KID AND MULTIPLY THAT BY A HUNDRED. THOUSANDS OF COLOURED LIGHTS, CRAZY, CRAZY RIDES, HORDES OF RAMPAGING TEENAGERS, A CACOPHONY OF POP MUSIC FROM SCORES OF DIFFERENT CASETAS (LARGE TENTS RUN BY LOCAL SOCIAL OR POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS) — THAT IS THE FERIA. IT’S AN EARLY-SUMMER INSTITUTION IN ALMOST EVERY DECENT-SIZED TOWN. SOME OF TH