Holidays in Spain - Celebrations - Festivals and Fairs

Not only are Spanish people blessed with a large number of National Holidays, there are also numerous holidays for each region, city and town throughout the whole of Spain. Because of this, it is easy to find yourself in the middle of a Spanish celebration while here on holiday. Spanish people love to party and are also very accommodating to visitors to their lovely country. Grab yourself a drink and join in with the fun. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

NEW YEAR’S DAY (January 1)

New Year's Day is a holiday celebrated throughout Spain to welcome the start of a new year. Each Spanish town and municipality in the country will have a party in the main square, accompanied typically the Plaza Mayor, often with music and fireworks. Many Spaniards celebrate the adoption of the old year by eating 12 grapes, one for each month of the year in each ring of the twelve links in the new year. This isget lucky, but only if all twelve grapes are eaten in time. It is not easy as it sounds, how the grapes are bought in a flute glass, crushed with the top and remove heavy on the ground.

Day of the Magi (January 6)

Christmas for children in Spain falls January 6th, twelve days after Christmas, with the arrival of the Magi. Children place the hose outside of the Kings, who deliver presents, but only ifwere good. Naughty children are afraid of finding coal in their stockings instead of presents. On the eve of January 6, tradition, three men dressed as kings and drive around town in a colorful procession, scattering sweets to all children who follow with enthusiasm.

SEMANA SANTA Easter Week (March-April)

Semana Santa is a very religious time for many people in Spain and in all the cities large and small, processions of hooded penitents wearIcons of Jesus and Mary be kept high solemnly carried to the streets. This is really exciting and colorful experience for the participants and the thousands of people who see the train coming in the night in.
Processions begin on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday until the end. Parades in major cities from all regions of Spain are huge and are distinguished by size. Since these people are deeply religious experience for many fireworks Spanish, and excessiveDrinking is frowned upon.

Labor Day (1 March)

Dia del Trabajo is celebrated a national holiday throughout Spain.

FERIAS of the month (April)

April is the month of exuberant ferias in Andalucia, Seville keeping with what is considered the biggest and best in Spain. The festivities are held up to two weeks with colorful processions in traditional costume, bullfights, fireworks, flamenco shows and parties until the wee hours of the morning.

SAN JUAN (June24.)

San Juan is celebrated throughout Spain and particularly in coastal regions with bonfires on the beach, which last all night on 23. E 'traditional jump into the sea at midnight to wash your sins, as a symbol of the baptism of Saint John the Baptist. And 'the moment when a camping is permitted on many beaches, and all the festivities last weekend with loud music, fireworks and a lot of noise.

San Isidro (May / June)

Each city celebrates thisfantastic festival differently. Typical Spanish events will be processions, bullfights, concerts, festivals and spectacular processions of horses and wagons decorated with the city. The costumes are usually distributed sweets and soft spot, which many locals and tourists who follow the procession and carried into serenity. This is a great party atmosphere that lasts 2-3 days. In Nerja on the Costa del Sol, the train leaves the city center and the headsto the famous Caves of Nerja, one of the most visited attractions holiday in Spain.

Corpus Christi (June)

Many large cities hold magnificent processions, the body of Christ in holy water with the consecrated host to the streets to celebrate. This is a solemn and religious festival of great importance for many Spaniards.

ASUNCION (August 15)

Catholics observe this feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, celebrating Mary's body isincorporated into heaven after his death.

Feria de Malaga (August)

Festival of Malaga on the Costa del Sol festival lasts 10 days and includes a variety of attractions, processions of horses, stalls, food and wine, and spectacular fireworks display the night before and the last.

All Saints (November 1)

Relatives to spend the day at the graves of their loved ones to remind them, and adorned with beautifulFlowers.

Constitution Day (December 6)

National holiday throughout Spain in commemoration of the 6th to take in December 1978 when the Spanish people voted in a national referendum on draft constitution, thus providing the way for the creation of a democratic system in Spain.

Immaculate Conception (8 December)

In the calendar of the Roman Catholic holiday, today is considered a day of obligation celebrated to commemorate the Immaculate ConceptionMary.

Christmas (December 25)

Christmas is a national holiday in Spain, but not the great business opportunity, here celebrated as in other Western cities. Children may receive a small gift of Christmas Day (Noche Buena), as the day for presents is 6th January, Epiphany, when the Magi came with gifts.

DIA DE LOS SANTOS Innocents (28 December)

Similar to April Fools Day, April 1 falls in England, this is an opportunity for peopleplay jokes to friends and generally do away with the stupid things.

When a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, will act as a bridge, like many Spanish people, is to release on Monday or Friday, as a long weekend. Holidays falling on both Tuesday and Thursday, is widely known as an Aqueduct, bridging both weekends together. Of course, this is a great opportunity for all the days before, so that the whole week to celebrate freedom. No wonder SpanishPeople love to celebrate.