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- The celebration is said to have originated with people (either kids<\/a> or women<\/a>) banging on buckets, barrels and cans to mock the soldiers parading through the streets. The soliders may have been an occupying force of Napoleon’s<\/a>, stationed in the city after burning a large chunk of it to the ground.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- In 1881, the city council gave the organizers of the festival drums stored in the barracks of San Telmo.<\/a> The next year, they gave them uniforms left over from Napoleon’s troops. This was the first year the bands paraded in military costume. These costumes gave the festival a connection to the events of August 31, 1813 when Napoleon destroyed much of the city. Thus, the connection may not be as direct as legend implies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Though upwards of 20,000 people directly participate in the Tamborrada, the festival is better considered as over 100 drumming groups containing up to 100 people each<\/a>. These are divided into two parts: one with drums, which represents the military population, and another of barrels, which represents civilians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- In 1881, the city council gave the organizers of the festival drums stored in the barracks of San Telmo.<\/a> The next year, they gave them uniforms left over from Napoleon’s troops. This was the first year the bands paraded in military costume. These costumes gave the festival a connection to the events of August 31, 1813 when Napoleon destroyed much of the city. Thus, the connection may not be as direct as legend implies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n