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Carocas
30/09/2010
Carocas are painted cartoons traditional to the city of Granada and surrounding areas, used as a means of expressing authentic popular humour. Every year, during the Corpus Christi festivities, these paintings are displayed in one of the city squares. Their theme is always a humorous one.
They date back to the 17th century, to the procession that announced the start of the Corpus Christi celebrations, led by the figure of "La Tarasca". The carriages carried large posters with humorous pagan themes, and their meaning was explained through traditional poems known as décimas, quintillas and cuartetos, written on cards. Since the 19th century, the poems and paintings have been put up in Granada's Plaza Bibrambla for all to see. Each year, new designs are painted on top of the old ones, updating the canvases to recount the events of the previous twelve months.
Graphic artist Ozeluí drew this caroca based on the quintilla by Manuel Casares Conde.
Carocas are kept only in people's memories, mere fleeting sparks of humour. As they are so genuinely "Granadan", in 2010 the Tourist Board decided to introduce a new custom to preserve this unique piece of heritage, saving a caroca, the one on display here, for the first time.
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