B3.2 Tradiciones ejemplos Flashcards
el Día de (los) Muertos
The Day of the Dead, Mexico (1 and 2 November)
la fiesta de la Pachamama
Indigenous festival to Earth Mother, Andes (August)
Inti Raymi
Inca festival of the Sun, Peru (24 June)
Feria de las Flores
Flower Festival, Medellín, Colombia (beginning of August)
Fiesta de la Vendimia
Wine harvest festival, Argentina (beginning of March)
Semana Valdiviana
Traditional festival marking the end of summer, Valdivia, Chile (9 February)
las fiestas de Palmares
Folkloric festival in Palmares, Costa Rica (January)
la Mama Negra
The Black Mother festival, Latacunga, Ecuador (September and November)
el Carnaval de Barranquilla
Carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia (week before Holy Week)
el Carnaval de Oruro
Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia (week before Holy Week)
el Carnaval de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas Carnival (February)
las Fallas (de San José)
Fallas, Valencia (March)
la Feria de Abril
Seville Fair (after Easter)
las Hogueras de San Juan
lit. ‘the bonfires of St John’, Alicante (24 June)
San Isidro
bullfighting festival, Madrid (May)
Los Moros y Cristianos
Moors and Christians festival, Alcoy (April)
los Sanfermines
week of encierros and bullfighting in Pamplona (July)
Semana Santa
Holy Week (throughout Spain)
la Tomatina
tomato-throwing festival, Buñol (August)
La Virgen del Rocío
Procession to the hermitage at El Rocío to worship the Virgin Mary (Pentecost)
