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Apr 22, 1275
Moros y Cristianos
Moros y Cristianos takes place in spain, more 150 different festivals take place every year. The people of the province Alicante in spain celebrate this holiday. Moros y Cristianos is celebrated by marching with bands and armies. This holiday has been celebrated since 1275. It is celebrated April 21st to April 24th. This is celebrate in Alcoy, Alicante in spain. They celebrate Moros y Cristianos because they won the battle of Alcoy in 1275 when St, George beat the Moorish forces lead by Al Azraq -
La Feria de abril
La Feria de abril is also called Seville Fair. Many citizens in Serville celebrate this holiday. The people celebrate this holiday with bull fights, parades, partying, and dancing. This holiday is generally celebrated 2 weeks after Easter. The fair was created on April 18th in 1847. The fair takes place along the bank of the Guadalquivir River in Seville. The whole bank is full of casetas (individual decorated tents) during the fair. The fair in the 1920's was popular, today it's a tradition.
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Castellers de Villafranca
Castellers de Villafranca is a cultural association to build casstells (human towers). It was created in september of 1948. People from spain celebrate this holiday. Anyone can celebrate this holiday in Spain, they don't discriminate anyone. They celebrate by building castells. This holiday started in September of 1948 and is celebrated since. The people who build human towers travel all over the world to celebrate Castellers de Villafranca. The holiday was founded in 1948 by Oriol Rossell.
