Spain Festivals And Holidays
Spain has mostly been pictured as a city with brightly-hued costumes and arena filled with people enjoying bullfighting, but Spain is a lot more than this. Spain has benefited from multicultural influences and is the country where you can experience an intense unity even when the culture is diverse.
You can enjoy delectable culinary treats along with endless sips of sangria. Endless beaches, looming mountain terrains and towering castles, make the country a favorite holiday destination.
Las Fallas is the most original of all Spain festivals and is a five day celebration that is centered on fire. More than 3 million people enjoy this grand festival which takes place in the city of Valencia. The festival is about firing and destroying ninots. Nintos are cardboard or paper mash effigies that symbolize event evenings and politicians of Spain
. These ninots are stuffed with fireworks which are set ablaze by them precisely at the stroke of midnight and the huge crowd cheers while seeing them burning. Las Fallas festival also includes paella contests, bullfights, pagents and parades.
It is a weeklong celebration that takes place in the month of Spring in the town of Sevilla. This festival originated during a cattle-trading fair that took place in the mid-1800s. Since then, this huge festival that includes the mango dancers, bullfights, food, dance and music takes place during the spring time and attracts hoards of people from all over the world.
The main festival takes place in the tent city, The Real de la Feria that is that far away from the region. These tents are beautifully adorned using colored canvas and strings of paper lanterns. These tents also serve as a dance hall for those who attend the festival. The normal timing of the festival is between 9 PM until 6-7 a.m. They are different tents for different groups including prominent local families, political, trade groups and community clubs.
Spain remembers the dead on November 1 that is The All Saints Day. The ceremony takes place during the late fall and it has its origin in the pagan festivals that take place after the harvest season. According to Spanish, during this time of season, the nature begins to die while it approaches for the winter.
There is an amazing personification that has been made while Spanish remembers the deceased on November 1. This day is a national holiday and Spaniards returned home only after putting flowers on the graves of the deceased relatives.
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