Fiestas
There is nothing Andalucians love more than to celebrate. There is always a fiesta taking place somewhere in the region. Here are just a few of them....

January 2 'Toma'commemorates the reconquest of Granada. Colourful processions.
Feb 1st - Festival of San Cecilio. Alhama de Granada
March (Easter Week) - Semana Santa. Spectacular processions everywhere(see link on left).
April 25 -Atar el Santo (tie the Saint) in Loja.
3rd May - May Crosses. Everywhere filled with crosses adorned with flowers.
25th May - Granada. Outdoor dancing & cultural events.
June - Corpus Christi. Granada stages wonderful processions, street dancing & bullfighting.
Around Aug 15th - a week long fiesta in Albunuelas - with marching bands, processions, parties and fireworks!
Penultimate Sunday in August-Moors & Christians in the Alpujarran village of Bubion.
Last Sunday in Sept - Day of the Virgin - Granada. A wonderful procession winds through the streets.
Sept 29 - Romeria in Granada. Pilgrimage through the streets of the Albaic�n (old quarter).
Oct 5 in the Alpujarra village of C�diar, a wine fountain flows through the festivities!
Dec - Festivities take place throughout Spain to see out the old year and welcome in the new.


Some villages have bullruns during Semana Santa (Easter Week)
Links
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