San Fermín 2009
14 July 2009, at 10:02 by Monica
Posted in: Bullfighting
So it's time for San Fermín, that is bull rush to Pamplona.
This hefty week of fiesta in July is named after Pamplona's patron saint San Fermín, and the festivities are not just bull run. The party starts June 6 at 12 dialed, but the bull run are ...
Click the title below to read the entire post.La fiesta de San Juan - Spanish midsummer celebration
It is not only in Sweden that we celebrate the summer solstice with the longest day and shortest night. The Spanish equivalent of the Swedish midsummer celebrations called la fiesta de San Juan - San Juan festival. San Juan is celebrated June 23 ....
Click the title below to read the entire post.San Isidro - Madrid's patron saint
May 8, 2009, at 14:26 by Monica
Posted in: News , Articles , Bullfighting
San Isidro (Labrador), Madrid's patron saint, is also the patron of peasants and workers. He was born in Madrid around the year 1080 and died on 15 maj 1130th There are many legends and stories about his life. In his youth he moved with his ...
Click the title below to read the entire post.Las fallas in Valencia
So it's time again for the colorful and loud fiesta Las Fallas in Valencia, do not forget the earplugs! The festivities run from 14-19 March. Other names for the fiesta are fiestas Josefina or festes de Sant Josep after San ...
Click the title below to read the entire post.Sardinia's funeral
Yesterday was celebrated El entierro de la sardina, (Sardinia funeral) in many places in Spain. The closest Swedish equivalent of this phenomenon is fetisdagen with our rolls. Sardinia's funeral takes place always on Ash Wednesday - miércoles the ceniza ending carnival ...
