Flour fight in Spain celebrates Els Enfarinats

Dec 29, 2014

Flour fight in Spain celebrates Els Enfarinats

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World Spain

Citizens of Ibi in southeastern Spain annually celebrate the Els Enfarinats, a 200-year-old traditional festival part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents, with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall.

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A reveler, dressed in a mock military uniform, takes part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A reveler, dressed in a mock military uniform, takes part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A reveler, dressed in a mock military uniform, takes part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revelers, dressed in mock military uniforms, take part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A reveler, dressed in a mock military uniform, takes part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a flour fight, in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain, on December 28, 2014. (JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images)

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