SPANISH FESTIVITIES

Sara Lazcorreta Martínez 4ºA

“Falles" of ValenciaThe “Falles” are a few holidays that are celebrated from March 15 to March 19, with a tradition established in the city of Valencia and different populations of the Valencian Community. Officially they begin last Sunday of February with the act of the Crida. Nowadays, this festivity has turned into a tourist very important attraction, since they are catalogued as holiday of Tourist International Interest. These holidays also are called holidays Josephina’s or party of Saint Joseph, since there are celebrated in honour of San Jose, boss of the carpenters.

Moors and ChristiansThe holiday of Moors and Christians is born as commemoration of the stage of Moslem power in the Iberian Peninsula and of the battle that was alternating the power between Muslims and Christians. In some coastal zones, with the holiday the fight is remembered against Berber pirates of the XV, XVI or XVII century. In the last times, these holidays are living through a spectacular growth, being celebrated in different cities and Spanish peoples of the peninsular south-east, as the Region of Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, Oriental Andalusia and specially the Valencian Community, especially in the province of Alicante, where at present there concentre the major number of cities and populations who celebrate this type of feasts.

Most known they are those of Alcoy, which possess the title of Holidays of Tourist International Interest. The Holidays of Moors and Christians of Alcoy receive annually thousands of tourists proceeding from the whole Spain, Europe and rest of the world.

San Fermin's celebrations

The holidays of San Fermin or San Fermin's celebrations are a celebration in honour to San Fermin who takes place annually in the Spanish city of Pamplona, the capital of the Jurisdiction of Navarre. The feasts begin with the launch of the powerful kick from the balcony of the Town hall of Pamplona at 12 p.m. of July 6 and end at 12 p.m. h of July 14 with the Poor person of me, a song of farewell. One of the most famous activities of the San Fermin's celebrations is the confinement, which consists of a tour of 849 meters in front of the bulls and which culminates in the bullring. The confinements take place every day between 7 and on July 14 and begin at eight o'clock in the morning, with an average duration of between two and three minutes.

Fair of AprilIt is known as Fair of April or Fair of Seville to the set of sheds and attractions that they install in the fairground enclosure of the neighbourhood of The Remedies for the celebration of the local holiday of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is celebrated one or two week’s next 1 of the Holy Week and coincides with the bulls with the square of the Fraternity of mounted knights, constituting these events the Spring holidays of Seville. It is the fair most populous and known about all those there is celebrated in Andalusia, the most visited and the one that has a stronger economic impact in the Autonomous Community.

Holidays of San Miguel, Lleida

It really is one of the most important agricultural fairs in the country, and is held every year at the Park des Champs Elysees coincide with the Festival of Autumn. As in Catalonia, the castellers are always part of the party, building human towers several meters high.

Carnivals, Santa Cruz de TenerifeThe most famous of Spain alongside those of Cádiz, but without neglecting many others throughout Spain. They are the second most important in the world, surpassed only by Rio de Janeiro, sister city of Santa Cruz. They Festival of International Tourist Interest and now aspire to become World Heritage Site. Go dance!