As pagan and spiritual, as lively as collected, the Andalusian festival calendar is a compendium of rituals and traditions that blend with all kinds of moments accuracy. Andalusian religious tradition is universally known, and most festivals are celebrated with high mass and fundamental act in honor of a particular saint or patron. But strangely, once just after Christmas and Reyes, the first party of the year is pagan type: Carnival. Designed to release the spirit of facing the gathering of Holy Week, during the Carnival almost anything goes in the streets. Costumes, parades, music … It is mostly in the province of Cadiz, where most live the festivities, with his funny jokes street musicians and putting “a fall from a donkey” public figures, celebrities and international events.
Past Carnival and Lent following appropriate, comes to fill Easter processions, events and traditions the city streets. Is justly famous Holy Week of Seville, with its processions by different guilds on the streets to the admiration and the silence of friends and strangers. Silence may look broken at some point by a spontaneous and wonderful bolt … The hotels fill up a hundred per cent during this period, because the Seville Holy Week is something to watch at least once in their life. The other provinces also are celebrating a spectacular, Malaga, Granada, Cordoba … All have their processions and sororities to beautify the streets with their presence.
But of course, after the spiritual retreat also comes the fun time. And is that fun and joy is something that characterizes the fairs of Andalusia. The fairgrounds, town houses and tours of the beautiful Andalusian horses and horsemen and women (dressed in the traditional way), become hub for day and night to enjoy flamenco, dance, food and Fine. These are days of animation that receive the spring, summer or fall, depending on the host city. In Seville fair takes place most famous, popular Feria de Abril which starts with the lighting of the bulbs of fairground. But also worth discovering other fairs such as Malaga, Puerto Real and Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz, the Grenada … And of course, those that take place in small towns in Andalusia, least known but full of charm for those who frequent family.
El Rocio and their traditional procession in Huelva, the Harvest Festival in Jerez, the Corpus Christi Granada, Las Cruces de Mayo in Cordoba, flamenco festivals, bullfights can not miss … A huge collection of traditions, joy, art and cuisine that puts the perfect finish to a land where nature, culture and entertainment are only a starting point for a perfect holiday.
