The land renowned for paella, Ibiza, and Diego Velazquez is also known for its colourful heritage. This is why Spain is a Mecca of traditional activities, attracting millions of tourists each year. Who can blame them, when there’s a Spanish fiesta happening any time of year?

Semana Santa or Holy Week is celebrated around springtime, starting on Maundy Thursday and ending on Easter Sunday. This fiesta is significant to devout Catholics, who celebrate the Passion and death of Christ through vigils and processions. It’s a time for prayer, reflection, and on Easter Sunday, rejoicing.

Held in Pamplona in July, the Pamplona Bull Run is not for the faint-hearted. It involves the toro or bull being let loose and giving chase to participants who boldly attempt to escape unscathed. The less daring sit it out in the sidelines and go trigger-happy with their cameras.

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For those who want to relive cafeteria food fights during student days, you’ll enjoy the Tomatina Tomato Fight held in August in Buñol, Spain. Simply put, this is one huge food fight where people take to the streets and hurl tomatoes at one another. It’s all in the name of fun. Stepfather II dvdrip

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Another crasy festival is the Las Fallas, held in Valencia on March. If you have a fetish for loud explosions and setting objects on fire, you’ll want to join in the revelry. The townsfolk build their own huge puppets and mascots and set them all on fire. People party on the streets whilst watching the night sky glow red with the conflagration.

Feria De Sevilla is the post-celebration after the solemnity of Holy Week. Held in Andalusia, you’ll find the streets in Seville amass with colourful tents, where women dance the Flamenco in bright dresses and revellers bask in wine and beer. Flying By film

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Pre-Holy Week, on the other hand, sees people celebrating Carnival. This is marked by overflowing drinks, dancing, and the renowned masked balls, where people don masks and come dressed in colourful costumes.

Christmas and New Year are celebrated with much gusto in Spain. Families go to Church and celebrate together with big parties and gift giving.

The Spaniards celebrate a fiesta called Cristianos y Moros, as a remembrance of the one-time rule of the Moors in the southern regions of Spain. There are re-enactments of battles between the Moors and Christians, with the Christians always claiming victory in the end.

In Basque Country, Semana Grande or Grand Week is celebrated in August. This festival is all about live music performed on the streets, a grand fireworks competition at night, and of course, food all around.

Do you want to party with a bang? La Tamborrada, held in January in San Sebastian, is known as the drum festival. The deafening beats of the drum batter your eardrums, but bring you to life as you dance to the beats and celebrate alongside the locals. They beat their drums to a worthy endeavour, as they honour the town’s patron saint, the Donostia.

These are only some of Spain’s many fiestas. Imagine attending each and every one of them! Indeed, beyond Spain’s heritage and tradition are people that look at life as one big party.

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