Desgarrones

In the tramway bringing the executioners, a car is turning on a spit and musicians are playing live music in the front car. For the audience, the appointment is simple: 5 minutes between 5pm and 5.05pm on Amsterdam central square. Although the execution is different every day, it comes with the same ritual which is deliberately provocative. The executioners run out and pull up a car. Women fasten their seatbelts and put on full-face helmets while men put on gloves. Then, the car is lifted onto its side, and then rolled to the execution site. Tent pegs are planted in the ground and the car is attached to them. A truck is placed before it and brutally tears off the engine with a cable. Everyone goes back running into the starting tramway. Desgarrones is a Spanish bullfighting term that means tearing.