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THE DEVIL AND THE GREEN CHARTREUSE The Catalonian city of Tarragona likes its saint's day with just a dash of danger, finds Annie Bennett
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Sometime after midnight, a troupe of devils danced down the Rambla
Nova boulevard to the beat of dozens of drums. Swirling sparks
showered from firecrackers on the iron forks the devils were twirling
above their hooded, horned heads. As a winged dragon lurched towards
me, breathing fire, my friend Rafa grabbed my arm and dragged me into
the throng, where we spun around under the hail of sparks, protected
only by straw hats and old shirts.
This thrilling, foolhardy experience is part of the Santa Tecla
festival in Tarragona, 62 miles south of Barcelona, which celebrates
the city's patron ...
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