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The traditional festival of the Catalan tractor drivers “Fira de tractoristes 2015” took place last weekend in the open field near the town of Vidreres. This year, already for the 40th time – quite a long tradition!
Various equipment was lined up in the field; there were police, fire and medical vehicles, various tractors and yellow tow trucks from Viñas company. Mandatory attribute of any fairs and town festivals – a variety of tents selling a variety of food and unbelievable knick-knacks, the purpose of which you can not even guess. The obligatory march of giant dolls is followed by entertaining contests and a demonstration of professional skills for working in the field.

And well, for dessert – an indispensable part of the program – a procession of tractors! More than a hundred, of different ages and epochs, caressed by love of their owners. Quite often on the tractor sit several generations, from grandson to grandfather …

You can read the short story about the Tractor drivers festival in Vidreres 2015 with photos following the link.