The European town that has an entire festival dedicated to poking fun at Brits every year
A small town in Spain holds an annual festival where locals dress up as Brits to poke fun at the English culture.
Every year, residents of a tiny town in Spain dress up like Brits and poke fun at English culture as part of a tongue-in-cheek festival. Padron in Galicia started holding the festival in 2014 as a way to update an outdated donkey race that has been held for 50 years.
Event organisers Yeya Gilino and Antonio Pérez decided to name it Asnot, a combination of the British horse race Ascot and the Spanish word for donkey, asno.
The festival was an immediate success in 2014 and has only grown in size since.
It aims to celebrate the “originality, creativity and elegance of the English” while also poking fun at certain parts of the culture, such as horse racing.
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The organisers have hired actors to play members of the royal family and other cultural and historical icons such as Winston Churchill.
There are also tribute bands for the Beatles and Queen as well as wooden donkey displays and mural painting.
Gilino said: "Those who go to Asnot become their character and get involved from the moment they design their hat to enjoying the concerts and activities at the festival."
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This year’s event will be the 10th anniversary of the festival, taking place on July 24 in the town 1,000 miles from the UK.
It turns Padron into “a place of laughter and glamour” with attendees dressing in a “traditional British style, featuring sun hats and exaggerated, decorated parasols”.
There are market stalls to explore as well as workshops and hobby horse races.