Spain’s Holidays and Festivals

Spains Holidays and Festivals

Spains the most important annual holidays occurs in July or August (for 3-4 weeks). The official holidays includes the first day of the New Year (1^st of January), the day of three kings/ Epiphany (6^th of January), Saint Joseph holiday (19^th of March), Labor Day (1^st of May), Santiago Day/Galician National Day (25^th of July), National Day/Columbus Day (12^th of October), Saint Pregnancy Day/Mothers Day (8^th of December), Constitution Day (6^th of December), and Christmas (25^th of December).

The Day of 3 kings that is famous as Rayes Magos is the day in which Spanish people open their Christmas presents to glorify the Gods present to Saint Maria. Fiesta Carnivals are celebrated in Spain, too. These celebrations will usually start with a great rally and carnival. Music, dance, poem and songs all have a lot of fans. One of the most famous festivals in Spain is “Fallas de san” that is celebrated in March. In Juan or May thousands of people riding on horse or on beautiful phaetons goes toward EI ROCIO to glorify “Saint Maria”.

Another religious holiday is celebrated in July and for the honor of Spains supporter Saint James (Sadiago). In this day, many people from all over the world come to Spain and walk from Pierni to Galicia toward Catholic churches.

Public holidays Spain 2013