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this was the years that running of the bull happend. While transporting cattle in order to sell at the market, men would attempt to speed the process by hurrying their cattle using tactics to scare it or excitement.And after couple years it turn to be a competition.
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over 1 millon people come to see running of the bulls.Befor the bull is let lose a set of wooden or iron barricades is set to stop the bull from chrashing into people and to lead the bull.At 8am a rocket is fired to alert the runners that the corral gate is open. A second rocket signals that all six bulls and six steers (ox) have been let lose.
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The length of the run is 826 meters (903 yards). It goes through four streets of the old part of the city (Santo Domingo, Town Hall Square, Mercaderes and Estafeta) and a section called Telefónica before entering into the bullring
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(Moors and Christians) is a peculiar celebration which is held in different cities along the Spanish coast. This festival acts out a part of Spanish history demonstrating the battles between the Arabs and the Christians that took place in the region centuries ago. One of the best places to see this fiesta is Alcoy, in Alicante, where the celebrations take place between the 22 and the 24 of April.
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Moors wear ancient Arab costumes, carry scimitars, and ride real camels or elephants. The festival develops among shots of gunpowder, medieval music, and fireworks, and ends with the Christians winning a simulated battle around a castle.
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seville Fair or La Feria de abril de Sevilla, is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain.It is to start 2 weeks after Semana Santa (Holy Week),
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Accompanied by men and women dressed up in their finery, ideally the traditional "traje corto" (short jacket, tight trousers and boots) for men and the "faralaes" or "trajes de flamenca" (flamenco style dress, see flamenco) for women. The men traditionally wear hats called "cordobés"
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people have to climb a 50 foot greased pole and knock over ham to start the fight
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la tomatina starts here or in 1945.No one was sure how it really start but Possible theories on how the Tomatina began include a local food fight among friends. A volley of tomatoes from bystanders at a carnival parade
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it might start here or in 1944
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again
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la tomtaina happens again
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la tomantina is banned because of Spanish State period under Francisco Franco.
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Castellers de vilafranca is a group that was founded in 1948 in response to the increased interest in human tower building in Vilafranca del Penedès.At first they wore red shirts but later and now they were green shirts
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after many years la tomatina comes back
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IT is a set of festival in many different citys and towns