Queens of the Festival

One aspect of the procession for Saint Jerónimo that I hadn't expect was the abundance of drag queens. There were quite a few marching along with the bulls, boys, and other people just tagging along with the parade. My friend Belkis said that people used to come to the festival to be cured of various health problems. Homosexuals were sometimes brought to "be cured" and it seems that since then, it's become a tradition to have drag queens at the event.