Only two hours left in Solsona's 2010 Carnaval. Soon, the Catalans will retire their multicolored batas and again don their normal clothing. Eating and drinking copiously in the streets will cease. The donkey will be unstrung from the clock tower, the giants will stop dancing, the fireworks will burn out and the marching bands and drumming corps will play their last bufi. The Carnestoltes (carnaval's "master of ceremonies") has died. Descansi en pau. We followed his solemn funeral procession through town and out into an open space where his body was burned. In a final carnaval hurrah, a triumphant fireworks display was set off over the town. And at midnight tonight, Carnaval will official be over. And peace will reign again in the Plaza Mayor. Until next year...
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