Walking – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Springfield school bus-driver alive and well and eating bits of dead animals in Huesca

Una iglesia llamada ajo

I know, I know.

Brazo de gitano with flesh-coloured filling

It always seemed wrong that the custard was yolk-hued, so a bottle of cochineal was acquired for Halloween.

Run like a gypsy

With Imanol Arias as El Lute, retired generaliser George Borrow, and walking and running style as social differentiators.

The Turks' gypsy hangman on the point of giving the Greek hero a new walking style in a scene from a Greek shadow puppet play (<a href='http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3291073&partid=1&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&titleSubject=on&physicalAttribute=on&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=6'>British Museum</a>). An Ottoman custom? A Barcelona cop tells me that his Algerian colleagues stamp on the ankles of bagsnatchers, making them easier to identify and capture next time.

Gypsy boy giving guided tour of Can Tunis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlODow8BV4 The rest of the TVE documentary is in the YouTube links. (Via Vidi)

A bicycling boho hobo, tempted by Cockaigne, fearful of Ruin

What to do when a mysterious lady offers you a free ride?

The lion and the gazelle playing chess or similar in a Ramesside topsy-turvy world papyrus <a href='http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=117404&partid=1&searchText=topsy+turvy+world&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1'>from the British Museum</a>

Josep Huguet, José Millán Astray and the death of intelligence

With a sublime little parody of romantic nationalism from Camilo José Cela, who has his own particular view of this bothersome culture vs civilisation thing.

Monument to Iberia's Buster Gonad in <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=padr%C3%B3n&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Padr%C3%B3n,+Corunna,+Galicia,+Spain&ll=42.738944,-8.659973&spn=0.9481,2.469177&t=h&z=9'>Padrón</a>, his native village, <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estatua_de_Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Cela_en_Padr%C3%B3n.JPG'>CC</a> by <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fev'>Fev</a>

What’s the best way to wash down raw rodent?

Rat, squirrel or capybara, kittens have one favourite sauce.

Full size <a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nuwVlhsiZ04/TFLgTDsxRQI/AAAAAAAAqEc/xGnqgCipkjg/P1060021.JPG'>here</a>

The Snow Virgin ain’t afraid of the rain

Not that it ever rains in Villanueva de la Jara, Cuenca.

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