In Madrid, nearly 10,000 people gathered on Thursday to welcome the impressive floats and machines accompanying the Three Kings to music and lights.
Back to normality. Thousands of spectators gathered on Thursday January 5 in the streets of Madrid and Barcelona to watch the Epiphany parades celebrating the arrival of the Three Kings. The shows were enjoyed for the first time without restrictions since the Covid-19 outbreak. In Madrid, nearly 10,000 people gathered in the center of the Spanish capital to welcome with music and lights the impressive floats and machines accompanying the Three Kings. They then paraded for four kilometers before bringing the gifts to homes during the night because according to tradition, Christmas gifts are given on January 6, the date on which Catholics celebrate the visit of the three Magi to the child. Jesus.
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In 2022, the parade was celebrated with a reduced number of spectators (7000), and no caramels were thrown at the spectators to prevent them from coming into close contact with each other trying to catch them. In 2021, the ceremony in Madrid, to which no spectators were admitted, was broadcast on television. This year in Barcelona, the three kings arrived by boat at the port of the Mediterranean metropolis, in keeping with tradition, followed in the streets by almost tens of thousands of people, like many other cities in Spain. Marked by the theme of peace, the parade allowed spectators to admire a giant mechanical elephant, live camels, acrobats, dancers and orchestras, before the final fireworks.
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