If someone asks about celebrations in Spain, two words appear: Flamenco and Bulls. The bullfights are around the country, with the show the most popular and famous San Fermin in Pamplona. But the bullfights are something that appear in any Spanish celebration.
The flamenco is the folk tradition of the south, especially Andalusia. It is in this region that visitors will hear the flamenco guitar and sing jondo and typical dances. In April, it celebrated the April Fair in Seville, a week of music and dance where you drink wine, sherry and other delicious drinks, accompanied by ham and cheese among other delights of the region and there is also the barbaric and Christian celebrations in Alcoy, Alicante, a festival celebrated for more than two hundred fifty years, beginning with the parade of flamboyant Alardos and recalls what happened in the battle between Christians and barbarians during the recovery.
The Easter pe another important conclusion of the country. It is distinguished by its traditional religious processions of exceptional beauty. The best are those of Seville, Malaga, Murcia and Cuenca.
Another event that attracts millions of tourists to the province of Huelva is El Rocio, a festival in the city of the same name, where the Virgen del Rocio is venerated. In traditional and carts decorated with the most authentic and typical of flamenco culture, crowds will participate, not just the city, as places further away, on foot, on horseback, or wagon, celebrating a unique spectacle, where the folklore and joy, are mixed with religion, in a peculiar combination and colorful.
Another exception is the celebration of San Jose Fallas in Valencia, celebrated in March, when the whole city becomes an enormous stage for the celebration and art, with an enormous quantity of the most extraordinary pyrotechnical effects. A week ago in San Sebastián shaken in February, when the Tamburrada is concluded.
These dates are held the most important bullfights of the year. The night of San Juan in June is also a typical celebration, with the passage of fire that happens in San Pedro Manrique (Soria), the Caragols of Ciutadella in Minorca, and San Juan in Alicante Bonfires declared celebrations in tourist interest. The day is celebrated from 20 to 29 and include parades and offerings of flowers.
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