(5 Jan 2009)
1. Wide pan from big star to beginning of parade
2. Wide of mechanical elephant and marching band
3. Mid of mechanical elephant's leg, lit by red light
4. Wide of mechanical elephant
5. Mid of children watching parade, trying to catch sweets
6. People waving on parade truck
7. People dressed in costume throwing sweets
8. Wide of children catching sweets with plastic bags
9. Girl catching sweets in umbrella
10. Pan people dressed up as stars in parade
11. Mid shot of geese in parade
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), VOX POP: unnamed girl in crowd:
"I am going to see the three kings and the parade. I have asked them for many things, such as "Homer Simpson operation", which I love.
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), VOX POP: another unnamed girl in crowd:
"I am a very good girl. I came here at 3 o'clock to see the parade, because I like it very much."
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), VOX POP: another unnamed girl:
"They are going to bring a lot of presents tonight. I have asked them for only two things."
15. Wide shot of King Caspar waving from a float
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), VOX POP: unnamed woman:
"This Christmas has been different, but I think the three kings are so so good that they are not suffering from the crisis. We hope they will bring us everything we have asked for."
17. Mid shot of King Melchior dancing on his float
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), VOX POP: unnamed man:
"Normally, there is never a crisis for children."
19. Close up of King Balthazar greeting on his float
20. Wide shot of parade
STORYLINE:
People thronged sidewalks in Spain's towns and cities on Monday to watch traditional parades marking the eve of the Epiphany - a Christian holiday celebrating the coming of the Magi to baby Jesus.
In Madrid, tens of thousands of people, many of them children, cheered as dozens of decorated floats and marching bands paraded down the main Paseo de la Castellana boulevard to Cibeles Square in a three-hour nationally televised event.
Children and adults dressed in costume stood atop the floats tossing candies down to the crowds.
Each procession ended with present-laden camels, followed by three floats carrying the kings of the Orient.
Children in Spain annually write wish-laden letters to the Magi, instead of to Santa Claus, asking for gifts which are left for them on January 6.
The processions are held each year 12 nights after Christmas, on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany.
They celebrate the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem.
The "Kings" holiday is also popular in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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