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Memorable Festivals to Experience

Spain have different festivals that tourist can enjoy. There are around sixteen festivals celebrated within the year.
The earliest is the San Sebastian Drum Festival during the month of January. The celebration is marked by a parade of people marching while playing drums on the first night of the month. The participants usually paraded through the entire city. The following day, the Child Drummer’ Ceremony commenced also called Tamborrada Infantil.

During the month of February, the locals of Cuenca in honor of Candelaria and San Blas are celebrating another festival. A group called “la endiablada” composed of men and kids dresses up with colorful blouse and trousers. Huge cowbells are tied on their waist that makes loud sound as they round the town. A main demon or diablo mayor will lead the group and wears clothing in the color of red. The group will make their round and dances on the street and church. On the second day of the celebration, the diablo mayor will reenact a mock act of the washing of the face of San Blas. The performers recite poems or verses for the Virgin or the Saint.

In Valencia, the spring starts with the Fallas de San Jose festival. Gigantic cardboard monuments called ninots are carefully made in a competition that involves art. Around 700 of the ninots are erected on streets and will be lightened up on the 19th showing off a spectacle of light, sounds and firework displays. The most voted ninots will not be burned with the others and will be later on the collection of the Fallero Museum.

After the Semana Santa, Seville celebrates April’s Fair with huge number of marquees all over the place. This Spanish annual event is celebrated with flamenco dancing, bullfighting and loud music. The festival ends with fireworks display that tourist and locals alike will surely enjoy.

Wine lovers will enjoy the Fiestas de Haro. This festival is famous for its Wine Battle that is held in Riscos de Bilibio of Haro, La Rioja. It is celebrated in time with the day of the saint, San Pedro. Celebrants with the objective of spraying everyone with wine squirt wines on people.

Red wine and seafoods are free during the celebration of the Romeria Vikinga, a marvelous celebration in Pontevedra in honor of the Christian natives who fought against the attack of Vikings. After the free food and wine, celebrants dances with the sounds from bagpipes. Everyone participates in the re-enactment of this invasion. Locals come dressed in pirates and native attire.

El Coso is celebrated for a week with different activities during the month of August. This is in celebration of Saint Augustine’s day. Activities includes sports, theatre and dance night festivities called verbenas where dancing outdoor are held at night.

Other dancing activities are held in La Borbollal, Asturias for their fiesta. Musicians and dancers perform and sing for the Virgin. This festival is celebrated in the middle of the month of August until September.

In addition, of course found here is the famous food fight, La Tomatina. Both local and tourist happily enjoy tomato wars during the last Wednesday of August. Prime targets by this tomato-throwing crowd are those people wearing a cap or holding a camera. It is a whole day of fun.

Other Spain festivals that interesting are the fiesta de Verano, Festes de Sants, Dia de Asturias and Misterio de Elche.