Attack of the killer turnips! Pictures from a little-known Spanish festival
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Armando Vicente, 30, third left, wearing his Jarramplas costume stands surrounded by relatives and friends outside a church during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum, during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A Jarramplas mask lies on the ground before the start of the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A man holds turnips as he waits with others for the Jarramplas to make his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Armando Vicente, 30, right, is helped to put on his Jarramplas costume before he makes his way through the streets beating a drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Hundreds of people are running through the streets of a tiny town in southwestern Spain, chasing a fancy-dressed, beast-like figure and pelting it with turnips. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)