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SEMANA SANTA AND THE FERÍA DE ABRIL |
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Sevilla boasts two of the largest festival celebrations in Spain. The first,
Semana Santa
(Holy Week), always spectacular in Andalucía, is here at its peak with extraordinary processions of masked penitents and carnival-style floats. The second, the
Fería de Abril
, is unique to the city: a one-time market festival, long converted to a week-long party of drink, food and flamenco. The
fería
follows close on the heels of
Semana Santa
. If you have the energy and time, experience both.
Semana Santa
Semana Santa may be a religious festival, but for most of the week solemnity isn't the keynote - there's lots of carousing and frivolity, and bars are full day and night. In essence, it involves the marching in procession of fifty-odd brotherhoods (many...
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Fería de Abril
The
Fería de Abril
is staged a fortnight after Semana Santa ends and lasts nonstop for a week. For its duration a vast area on the far bank of the river in the
barrio
of Los Remedios, the
Real de la Feria
, is totally...
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