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    Viking Festival of Catoira (Galician: Romaría viquinga de Catoira) is a secular festival which has been celebrated in Catoira, Spain, every first Sunday...
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    important celebrations include: the Viking Festival of Catoira, held on the first Sunday in August (Declared of International Tourist Interest), the...
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  • The festival of San Fermín is a week-long, traditional celebration held annually in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. The celebrations start at noon...
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  • La Tomatina (category Festivals in Spain)
    festival in Buñol, Spain where participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is said to be the biggest food fight in the world. From the festival's origin...
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    the form of the façade of the cathedral. Romería Vikinga de Catoira ("Viking Festival of Catoira"), first Sunday in August, is a secular festival that has...
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    The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest...
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    form of the façade of the cathedral. Romería Vikinga de Catoira ("Viking Festival of Catoira"), the first Sunday in August, is a secular festival that...
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    For the duration of the fair, the fairgrounds and a vast area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River are totally covered in rows of casetas (individual...
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    Fiestas del Pilar (category Patronal festivals in Spain)
    an annual festival celebrated in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, in honour of the patron saint of the city, the Virgen del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar)...
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    (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), pp. 65-78. "Romaría Vikinga (Viking Festival) - Catoira". Catoira: Catoira Town Hall. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2022...
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    Valencia Fallas (category Patronal festivals in Spain)
    (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016. A number of towns in the Valencian...
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  • Bonfires of Saint John (Spanish: Hogueras de San Juan, Valencian: Fogueres de Sant Joan) are a traditional and popular festival celebrated in the city of Alicante...
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  • March 2016. Pilgrimage of the Rocío The Viking Pilgrimage of Catoira Archived 2010-10-12 at the Wayback Machine BOE núm. 276 of November 18, 2002.[permanent...
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    second day of Pentecost to the Hermitage of El Rocío in the countryside of Almonte (Huelva), Andalucia, Spain, in honor of the Virgin of El Rocío. In...
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  • The Magdalena Festival is the main festivity of Castellón de la Plana, the capital city of the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain...
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    midst of the fall of the Franco regime to extol the true meaning of the festival as carnival, instead of "winter festivals", which is how the festival had...
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    commemoration of the Passion of Jesus in Málaga, Spain. It takes place during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter. It is one of the city's...
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    second week of May. It is the most important fair in the Province of Cádiz and is listed as one of the Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain by...
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    The International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest of Torrevieja (Spanish: Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía de Torrevieja, Valencian: Certamen...
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    Holy Week in Seville (category Culture of Andalusia)
    Week in Seville (Spanish: Semana Santa de Sevilla) is one of two biggest annual festivals in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the other being the Feria de...
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    del Sella (CODIS) on behalf of the Real Federación Española de Piragüismo [es], it holds the honorary distinction of Fiesta of International Tourist Interest...
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    The Carnival of Cádiz (Spanish: Carnaval de Cádiz) is one of the best-known carnivals in Spain. Its main characteristic is humor. Through sarcasm, mockery...
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    pasos are the core of the festival. They consist of a wooden sculpture or group of sculptures that narrates a scene from the Passion of Christ. They are...
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    The Mystery Play of Elche or Elche Mystery Play (Valencian: Misteri d'Elx [misˈtɛɾi ˈðɛʎtʃ]; Spanish: Misterio de Elche [misˈteɾjo ˈð(e) ˈeltʃe]), is a...
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    Christians of Alcoy (in Valencian Moros i Cristians d'Alcoi, in Spanish Moros y Cristianos de Alcoy) is a popular festival which takes place in the city of Alcoy...
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    The Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is one of the most famous carnivals of Spain. The event is celebrated every year in the month of February in...
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    Cascamorras (category European festival stubs)
    The Fiesta de Cascamorras is a festival that takes place in the towns of Guadix and Baza in the province of Granada, Spain, annually on September 6. The...
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    Festa do Albariño (category Cultural festivals in Spain)
    week leading to the first Sunday of August. It is the oldest wine feast of Galicia and the second of Spain. The origin of this feast was a challenge in 1953...
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    Albacete Fair (category Culture of Castilla–La Mancha)
    Fair of Albacete is celebrated from 7–17 September in the city of Albacete, Spain, to honor the Virgen de Los Llanos, which translates to Virgin of the...
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    Arde Lucus (category Festivals in Spain)
     transl. Burn Lugo) is a festival celebrated in Lugo, Spain in the last weeks of June which revives the Roman and castro past of the city, and which emerged...
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