Algasparella Festival is an annual celebration of being in Tampa, Florida. Held every year in late January or early February under the auspices of the Municipality of Tampa. Yesterday was the first of the festival amid a festive atmosphere delight.
The festival celebrates the legend about the alleged captain of the Spanish placebo named Jose Gasparella was active in southwest Florida. The festival is held every year since 1904.
Theme is the "invasion" of the city is doing Gaspar and his crew. Day review (built specially for this purpose in 1954), accompanied by hundreds of small boats sailing in the Tampa Bay sailing crew members of the so-called placebo Gasparella in the pirate ship. When the fleet up to the city center, the mayor of Tampa handed over keys to the city to the pirate captain, followed by a "victory rally" in the Boulevard Bay Shore one of the streets of Tampa Home and adjacent to the sea, which aims victors metal parts cash and beads and other firing of pistols containing bullets empty.