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Everything Everywhere Daily

Unique Spanish Festivals

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Many communities around the world hold local festivals. They might have some food stalls, a stage for musical acts, and some rides for the kids. Pretty standard stuff. But in Spain, they do things differently. Really different. Learn more about the unique Spanish festivals which aren’t like those anywhere else in the world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Many communities around the world hold local festivals.

0:03.0

They might have some food stalls, a stage for musical acts, and some rides for the kids.

0:07.0

Pretty standard stuff.

0:08.0

But in Spain, they do things differently.

0:11.0

Really differently. Learn more about the unique Spanish

0:14.6

festivals which aren't like those anywhere else in the world on this episode of

0:18.6

everything everywhere daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain.

0:35.0

The festivals in Spain, which I'm outlining in this episode, aren't just cultural

0:38.7

curiosities that you can learn about online.

0:41.0

There are things that you can go and experience for yourself.

0:43.4

Regardless if the festival is held in a small community like Katoria or a large city

0:48.0

like Valencia, all of these festivals can be experienced by anyone. You can also find a festival somewhere in Spain almost any month of the year.

0:56.0

You can start researching your dream trip to Spain today by visiting Spain. info

1:01.0

where you can get everything you need to know to plan your Spanish

1:04.0

festival experience. I'll start this tour of Spanish festivals with the

1:11.8

one that most of you are probably familiar with,

1:14.1

the running of the bowls, or the festival of San Furman in Pamplona held July 7th through the 14th.

1:20.5

This festival was made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his book The Sun Also Rises,

1:24.4

which helped make it one of the most popular festivals in all of Spain.

1:27.4

It attracts about a million visitors a year.

1:30.0

The festival is actually a week-long celebration consisting of fireworks and processions.

1:35.0

The part which makes it famous, the running of the bulls, takes place every day in the morning,

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