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The
'Tomatina' Tomato Fight is the biggest food
fight festival in Spain where every year nearly 30,000
people descend on the Spanish town of Bunol (in the
Valencia region of Spain) to throw more than 240,000
pounds of tomatoes at each other.
Tamborrada de San Sebastian is a
festival of march to the deafening sounds of drums,
as groups of drummers parade through the city on the
night of the first day of the year. The next morning,
the "Tamborrada Infantil" (Child Drummer's
Ceremony) is celebrated.
La Endiablada is celebrated by the
people of the village disguised as devils in this festival
of prehistoric origin.
The young boys of the town dressed
as devils - wearing pants and jackets painted in bright
designs, with large cowbells tied to their waists, and
multicolored paper hats run through the streets, dance
at the entrance and inside the church, pretend to wash
the statue of San Blas, and march in procession with
it to the uninterrupted sound of the cowbells.
Feria de Abril or April fair is celebrated
shortly after the holy week with joy and full of spectacularity.
Festival de los Patios Cordobeses
is a centuries-old festival which includes the pilgrimage
of the conquering Virgin of the Linares Sanctuary across
the countryside with horsemen and richly decorated coaches,
a competition of Mary Crosses and a Patio.
Hogueras de San Juan is a series
of ancient rituals which are followed in the shortest
night of the year, when light triumphs over darkness.
Every day throughout the year there are fiestas taking place somewhere in Spain, either at a local, regional or national level. These may revolve around the major religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter and All Saints (Halloween) or they may be highly localised events, with their origins in obscure local folklore. For a short summary of fiestas in Spain please vist our Calendar of Fiestas in Spain.
San Fermin, running of the bulls
The nature of each fiesta depends on its origin. Some involve serious, even mournful religious processions but most are accompanied by street parties with marching bands, firework displays and much general merrymaking. The Moors and Christians fiestas which take place all over Spain hark back to the centuries of Moorish domination which made a major impact on the country’s culture, cuisine, language and traditions.
The bigger towns and cities often organise a series of bullfights in the local “plaza de toros” at fiesta time while smaller villages without a bull ring opt for bull running in the streets. One of Spain’s most famous (and most dangerous) fiestas is the San Fermin festival in Pamplona which brings thousands of daredevils from all over the world to run with the bulls through the cobbled streets of the old town. The week-long fiesta, which takes place from July 7th-14th, dates back to 1591 and has been attracting world attention since Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in his 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”.
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