Today Google Spain celebrates the Tamborrada de San Sebastian, which is held in the city of San Sebastian on January 20, the feast day of Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of Spain. This festival lasts all day beginning at midnight, when the mayor of the city raises the flag of San Sebastian. Throughout the day adults and children dress as 18th and 19th century soldiers and cooks and march around the city beating drums. In the evening adults dine in sociedades gastronomicas, where they could their own elaborate meals primarily of seafood. This festival has uncertain beginnings but two common stories are that it began as a mockery of the French soldiers during the Napoleonic occupation or that it began in 1720 when a baker was walking to the well during a drought while singing. This singing purportedly caused the entire city to erupt into sung, as if they were in a musical, and miraculously the water started flowing. The Google logo depicts a cook with a drum marching in jubilation as the as what appears to be the sun rises in the background. This logo has a very warm and cheery feeling to it, which effectively communicates the atmosphere of the festival.
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