Spain Festivals were mostly of religious kind for a prolonged period, but at present the scenario has changed a lot, in fact the religious essence has went backstage, as the other seasonal Spain festivities has replaced them. Spain festivals are of various types and it varies region to region, though there are some traditional common-to-all festivals at Spain too. Some of the mot popular Spanish festivals of different seasons are as follows,
Spain festivals of January month – ‘Reyes Magos' is a traditional festival of Spain held on 6 th of January, from the night before presents are distributed among the little children. Bands, Floats and dancers perform on the streets of all major Spanish City-Streets.
In February Spanish festivals like ‘Santa Cruz de Tenerife' carnival takes place. This is a special festival o canary island. The time of this particular festival is in the second week of February, the natives enjoy their heart participating in the fancy-dress parades and musical performances.
March is again a great time of Spanish festival like ‘Fallas de San Jose' during spring time. The interesting most part of this festival is the night-time parade.
In April Spain Festivals like ‘Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos', is celebrated across Spain, also popular as the Moors and Christians.
May is a gala time for ‘Holy Cross day'. In these Spanish festivals the rural villages of Spain's are beautifully decorated with lots of colorful flowers, and various processions are out to rejoice on the streets.
Other seasons also have their significances and popular festivals in Spain. Below is some of the list of such famous Spain festivals,
- The pagan festival of Hogueras de San Juan
- Running of the Bulls
- International Festival of Mediterranean Folklore
- Fiestas de la Vendimia Riojana
- La Rioja Wine Festival
If you ever visit Spain during the festival times you are surely going to have a gala experience of traditional dances, music, fancy-dresses etc.
