Festival of Spain

Festival of Spain

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            Spain is a very beautiful country of Europe. Many types of festivals are celebrated there, so today we will know about the festival there.

Some festivals are celebrated in Spain which are celebrated only in the country of Spain and the national festivals are celebrated separately there.  Like every country. 

Some of the major and some famous festivals are here.  The Festival of Wine, Beach Festival of Barcelona  and La Tomatina Festival of Spain.

Generally, the festivals of Spain are rarely known because Asia and Most people in Australia only know festivals like Christmas and Halloween, and in South Asia, many people doesn't knows why people celebrate this kind of festival? 




La Tomatina

La Tomatina is a very popular festival in Spain which is celebrated on the last Wednesday in August every year.Every year a lot of people eagerly wait for this festival and thousands of people are present in Buñol city.

It first started with a Spanish city of Buñol.

Histoy of  La Tomatina



In the month of August 1945, some friends were going to a gaint big headed parade.

During this event a big head of a participant fell
 
In a feat rage the participant begin to hit everyone in path and one of them beating everyone on the way. 
In retaliation the group of friend throwback vegetable and fruit from the nearby market stall. 

This battle was seen in the biggest fight ever. According to that time! 

In order to remember this battle again, the fight was again pre-arranged to him next year so that we will remember this day.

People celebrating a private festival among themselves by fighting this kind of fight among themselves, the policemen stopped such a festival.

Tomatoes were the most fragile thing to kill in this game so that no one gets hurt.

By pressing the tomato by the hand and under the feet, then we can hit the tomato on a person. Tomatoes cannot be killed in solid form by a person.

Such festivals started being celebrated by the people in private areas automatically and the police also banned it in 1950.The festival remained ben for 3 years before 1950.

The popularity of the festival increased so much that despite its ban the People started a mass movement and many people took part in this movement.

Then the government imposed some rules and was allowed to celebrate this festival and in 1957 this started being celebrated again in Buñol (Spain). 
 
Nowadays
 
Nowadays this festival is very popular in Spain and it has been seen by many movies, people go to Spain now to enjoy it.

Hindi film “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” it is a very different kind of film which was liked by the people but it would have been very much known about Spain.

At least 1.5 million tomatoes are used in this festival.Which grown in the Extremadura, located near the town of Buñol. 

The number of people to celebrate this festival ranges from 9 thousands to 30 thousands. 

Feria del Caballo

This is the major festival of Spain which is celebrated in the city of Jerez. Feria  del caballo like fair of horses, beautiful white horse, black and world's most luxurious and fit horses. 



In this festival you will find different drinkable item very fresh and different types of cocktails. 

 In Feria del caballo people dress in their spanish culture. 

People come to see this horse fair, the number of tourists increases in the city of Jerez in Spain, by Feria del caballo. Another name for this festival is Feria de Jerez. 

Feria de Jerez  festival start every  year on the first or second week of May. 

Jerez has a round ground inside the city  in that people go for horserides  by the ticket and enjoys all around this round ground  and beautiful city.

One of the beautiful views of this round circle is the Royal  Andalusian School of Equestrian Art and the lustan Sherry Bodegas. 

Feria del Jerez, people show their particular Spanish culture and consume a special kind of cuisine and special kind of beverages.


Feria de abril

Feria de abril festival is a very colorful festival. It is celebrated in early in spring and is celebrated in the beautiful Spanish city Sevilla. 
It is celebrated in the very beautiful city  Sevilla , situated  near the river Guadalquivir.This festival is celebrated  two weeks after the holy week, which is also known as Semana Santa.


There are more than one thousand beautiful tents that are available to you for enjoy the festival Feria de abril. 


Some important and interesting facts about Feria de Abril

Although the name of this festival is Feria de abril, but it is celebrated every year in May.

This festival is a very colorful festival of Sevilla because everything here would surrounded by a different color.

There are more than 1000 tents which are very colorful and you can spend time with your family and your friends. Here tents is called Casetas. 

It is also known by its costumes because the culture of the place is very much attract.

It is a festival celebrated since 1847 in Sevilla. 

After Holy Week, the festival of Feria da Abril is celebrated which starts from midnight of Monday till midnight of Sunday of next week.


Haro Wine Festival



Haro Wine festival is celebrated every year on 29 June. Haro Wine Festival falls in the pleasant summer season.

People wear mostly white clothes in Haro Wine Festival. 

Rioja a very famous place for wine in city Haro, in Spain. 

Haro Wine Festival is the second most famous festival after La Tomatina which is known all over the world.

Haro wine festival one of the world's best eating and drinking festivals. 

Rioja is becoming its main place because for this people have to climb the mountain which is its main place, but not all people can go there, then the Rioja are becoming its main place.

Going to the mountain, we do some restaurants of some liquor (wine) and will get some water-proof bags which are safe for you.

On the evening of 29 June, you can comfortably see the river of wine flowing over the mountain.

You will find some Bucket filled with wine and some  water gun here.

If you do not have white clothes, then you will also get white clothes here.You can also find different types of food dishes here.

Here wine would be flushed like water and this wine fight would start from the evening of 28 June. Lasts until the evening of 29 June.

Haro wine festival mostly celebrate in the Batalla de Vino. 


Las Fallas de Valencia



You must have heard the name of the city of Valencia in Spain.

It is the oldest and most special festival in Spain known as Fallas de Valencia.

The fallas de Valencia is the most fireworks festival.

In this festival, different types of banner posters and different huge cartoons are shown in the city, which are popular cartoons of the people of that time.

These cartoons are very big and very colorful. 


Facts about Fallas de Valencia

This Fallas de Valencia is celebrated every year 
Starting from 15 march till 19 march. 

It is a fireworks festival in which lot of firecrackers  are fired. 

This view is quite amazing when the cartoon 
ralies in Valencia. 

These large size cartoon finally burned there is too much firework. 

Fallas de Valencia in  festival women decorate thire hair with different design and dress in their Spanish form. 


Women make a kind of hair which is very beautiful. 


Barcelona Beach Festival


The  Barcelona Beach Beach Festival has been started in 2014.This is a very new festival for music  in and around the neighboring country. 

Along with being an international festival, it is also celebrated as an electronic festival.

Barcelona Beach Festival comes on the list of electronic festivals all over the world. 

Electronic means connected to the music. 

Welcome to the second week of July thrilled with loud noises.Barcelona Beach festival is celebrated every year in the second week of July.

At the Barcelona Beach Festival, you will get to see different types of music on the beach and some views related to the beach connected to different types of seas.

This festival is celebrated over night with many types of music and many types of dance and many types food and beverages. 

 Barcelona Beach festival started recently. 

Barcelona Beach Festival has become a festival celebrated by the people and there are at least 70 to 80000 people at Barcelona Beach.

After 2014, Barcelona Beach festival popularity slowly started growing on people.Gradually, with increasing popularity, people started coming here in large numbers.

San Fermín festival (The running of bulls)



 San Fermín Festival 

The running of bulls festival is celebrated every year in Pamplona City. 

The running bulls is a very popular festival of Spain which is known all over the world.

The running bulls festival ( San Fermín festival ) 
is held in Pamplona city every  year on the month of july. 

This view is very beautiful to see from balcony of residential of Pamplona city. 

You have to reserve your balcony if you want to see this view. 

This festival start by three rocket's firework.



It is a very dangerous festival. Many people die in this.

People wear white clothes  and a red scarf on the left side of the waist. 

To see this festival, people will visit here in large numbers.


Finally, the running bulls reach a ground and there are various performances  play by the bulls there. 

  The San Fermín Festival is celebrated for one week on the month of july. 

 There is many variety of restaurants in Pamplona city. 

Pamplona city very beautiful city to visit. 

In Pamplona restaurants you get a variety of food items and you get a musical atmosphere. 

Because of the San Fermín Festival Spain is popular all over the world.


Barcelona Street festival (Festa de mejor García) 


            Barcelona Street Festival is also known as Festa de Major García in Spanish local language. 

 During the Street Festival in the month of August in the streets of Barcelona, ​​you can see a lot of luminous twinkling.
This festival has become very famous in the place around García district and hence the people there love it to decorate their streets.


Festa de mejor García is one of the oldest festival of the Spain. It is more than 200 years old and is being celebrated . 

People make human tower here which is called Castellers.

Between the months of mid-August, you will find a lot of decoration and a musical atmosphere in the streets of Barcelona here.

Every year the theme of the décor changes as it becomes different. The decorating theme can be anything and every decorated street is rewarded and the best street is rewarded. 


Carnival of Spain 
             
           Carnival takes place in many countries in    Western countries, each having different tableaux. Therefore we know it as Carnival of Spain.The local language here is called Carnival. 


     Here are some pictures below, showing the carnival of Spain.


     Carnival takes place in Spain in the month of February, in which various tableaux are introduced. The girls show their wings by carnival. 







    This Carnival of Spain is the largest carnival in the whole of Europe.

This Carnival of Spain almost resembles Rio's Carnival. 



Benicassim Festival 


              Benicassim city is located near the city of  Valencia. This festival has been celebrated since 1995.This  is international music festival.

 Benicasim festival is celebrated in the middle of July. 

 Every  year very legendary musicians come to Benicasim. And every year many music lovers come here to listen to and learn about different types of music. 

Benicassim festival would last from 4 to 8 days, out of which the program of music festival runs in the first 4 days.

This festival is very famous on the beach of Benicassim. 

Here you have to take a ticket to spend time and you must be over 18 years of age.


       So these are top ten famous Spanish festival. Some festivals were written about new ones that people are not fully aware of, but also these festivals are slowly becoming very visible. You will definitely want to go to Spain knowing about these festivals. 

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