AP PHOTOS: Spanish town paints it black over medieval feud

Of all the sometimes bizarre summer festivals held in Spain, the Cascamorras event is probably the darkest.

Some 15,000 participants throw black paint over each other for several hours every September in the small town of Baza, in the southern province of Granada. The frenzied but good-natured fight is a re-enactment of a 15th-century feud between two villages. The"Cascamorras" represents a thief who attempted to steal a religious image from a local church. He is dressed up like a harlequin.

People try to stop him, chasing him and throwing black paint as they run through the streets. It's a colorful event, even in black. The paint, which is not harmful to people or the environment, is provided by the town council for what is a major tourist attraction.

Lol..this will be amusing as liberal twitter posters share their worldly thoughts!

Ohhhh, this festival is so CANCELLED.

Black...paint....?

Oh hmmm that makes sense or maybe they just have nothing better to do!!

I wonder how many times ran this story before? I'm sure plenty will have the knee jerk 'racism' response without first looking at the history of this festival.

If that's their tradition, it's none of ABC's business, is it. There's plenty of news to report on here. Now get busy.

Spain, get your act together. And stop killing the bulls, too, while you're at it.

Even dravidian states we do these kind of festivals , evidence against AIT 🤯😂

Thanks Trump smh...

Look out for all the SJWs crawling out of the woodwork to cry BLACKFACE!

WTF

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