Els Enfarinats: traditional battle of flour, eggs and firecrackers

Participants dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d'etat

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Revellers dressed in mock military garb pour flour as they take part in the "Els Enfarinats" battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi.
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During this 200-year-old traditional festival participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d'etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents, a traditional day in Spain for pulling pranks.
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