Fiesta Spring celebration gives S.A. license to embrace the outlandish Fiesta, author Jack Maguire once said, is the psalm of San Antonio. But no one can deny it is something.
Folks camp out for hours, even days to secure a spot along the parade routes.
Kids get out of school. Employees slack off, their brains abuzz with Fiesta fever, and the boss doesn't care. Then, there are the hats. Otherwise sane people take to wearing strange headgear festooned with pins, and sequins, and ribbons, and ribbons, and ribbons. Though the festival might seem like little more than superficial fun, Fiesta reveals a lot about San Antonio and about human nature, experts say.