The Living Statues are Back
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Every year Santa Cruz has a demonstration of living statues, and this year is the fourth.
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The statues are on the Calle Real today, Saturday and Sunday.
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Everybody calls the main street in Santa Cruz de la Palma, "the Calle Real", but nowhere along it's length is there a street sign with that name! I used to suspect that the whole thing was invented to confuse visitors, but now I know better. It's called the Calle Real (Royal Road) because it's the one the Kings come along to visit baby Jesus each January 5th.
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If you haven't seen them before, living statues stand perfectly still (or try to!) until you put money in the hat (or whatever), and then they perform.
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Last year there were different living statues each day, and you could vote for the best.
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I was at work today, so I didn't get to see them myself. All these photos are by Helen Bennett
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Considering how rotten the light was today, I think she did a great job.
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You can see pictures of last year's statues here and videos here
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Labels: Canaries, Canary islands, culture, La Palma, living statues, performance arts, Santa Cruz, street theatre
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