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La fería de abril
The Seville Spring Fair is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain. The fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week.The fair officially begins at midnight on Monday, and runs six days, ending on the following Sunday. During past fairs, however, many activities have begun on the Saturday prior to the official opening. Each day the fiesta begins with the parade of carriages and riders, at midday, carrying Seville's leading citizens. -
Moros y Cristianos
Moros y Cristianos or Moros i Cristian literally in english meens Moors and Christians, is a set of festival activities which are celebrated in many towns and cities of Spain, mainly in the southern Valencian Community; according to popular tradition the festivals commemorate the battles, combats and fights between Moors (or Muslims) and Christians during the period known as Reconquista (from the 8th century through the 15 The festivals represent the capture of the city by the Moors -
pampolona
The Running of the Bulls is a practice that involves running in front of a small group of bulls that have been let loose, on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets. The most famous running of the bulls is that of the nine-day festival of Sanfermines in honour of San Fermín in Pamplona, although they are held in towns and villages across Spain, Portugal, and in some cities in Mexico and southern France, during the summer. The people arn't prosfessionals their town regulars -
Tomatina
La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is held the last Wednesday in August, during the week of festivities of Buñoln 1944, during a parade of gigantes y cabezudos, young men who wanted to participate in the same event staged a brawl. Since nearby there was a vegetable stand, they picked tomatoes and used them as a weapon. The police had to intervene to break up the fight and forced them to pay for the damage -
Castellers de Vilafranca
The Castellers de Vilafranca is a cultural and sporting association whose main objective is to build human towers. It has the status of a public-interest association. The group was founded in 1948 in response to the increased interest in human tower building in Vilafranca del Penedès, a Catalan tradition that has evolved since the 18th Century Ball de Valencians,
