Catalonia! What makes your big heads so big?

June 7th, 2012 in Big Heads, Illustration, Puppets, Dolls, Stuffed Animals by lpcoverlover | 3 Comments

A rare one on the Kubaney label  Manuel Caballero’s “Gigantes y Cabezudos”  Many Spanish festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, “Giants and Big-Heads” . The main feature of these figures is typically their papier mache heads; bodies are covered in clothing matching the costume’s theme.  These figures are particularly common in festivals of Basque Country or Catalonia, where many cities and towns have their own figures.  FREAKY great cover.

Bonus pic:

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3 Comments

1. #1 ~Red x Baron~ says:
   June 7th, 2012 at 11:59 am

   Great art work – like SOUL TRAIN with ALICE IN WONDERLAND?

2. #2 Scotty G. says:
   June 10th, 2012 at 5:58 pm

   Right…kind of like an express train to krazytown!

3. #3 bubson says:
   June 26th, 2012 at 4:09 am

   the “gigantes y cabezudos” are typical of a lot of places, not specially basquecountry or catalonia.Are very famous in Aragon, but Aragon is not famous. THis cover is from ZARAGOZA: la basílica del Pilar, the Ebro river,the Stone Bridge(el puente de Piedra) and people with traditional costumes from Zaragoza.
   NICE! me encanta!