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Old July 13, 2009, 05:32 AM
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Spanish days of celebrating?

What are the dates of days they celebrate in Spain? I think it would be funny to celebrate Spanish celebrations, but I don't know when they are.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain

Spain also has lots of big regional holidays pertaining to the patron saint
of the area. Just recently the San Fermin Festival was celebrated in Pamplona for example. This holiday is celebrated in a region Northeastern Spain. San Isidro was celebrated several weeks ago in Madrid.
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I don't know if you are interesting in know the celebrate days in Mexico.

I can tell you it.
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Although they do celebrate many unique holidays, Spanish-speaking countries do celebrate many of the same days that we do in America. SpanishDict has some blog posts about Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and Cinco de Mayo that go into more detail than I can.

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Although they do celebrate many unique holidays, Spanish-speaking countries do celebrate many of the same days that we do in America. SpanishDict has some blog posts about Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and Cinco de Mayo that go into more detail than I can.
Yes, you celebrate dates similar that it are celebrate in my country, therefore, I believe that in no only in Mexico is celebrates May 5, otherwise in another places.

But they sometimes are overlook of the date.
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Celebrations in Spain (shared by all Communities):

- 1 de enero: Año Nuevo
- 6 de enero: día de los Reyes Magos
- ???: Viernes Santo (the date is not fixed)
- 1 de mayo: día del Trabajo
- 15 de agoto: Asunción de la Virgen María
- 12 de octubre: día de la Hispanidad
- 1 de noviembre: Todos los Santos
- 6 de diciembre: Día de la Constitución
- 8 de diciembre: Inmaculada Concepción
- 25 de diciembre: Navidad

Las Comunidades Autónomas y los municipios tienen su propias fiestas, independientes de las celebradas en otras Comunidades y municipios.
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[QUOTE=irmamar;42480]Celebrations in Spain (shared by all Communities):

- 1 de enero: Año Nuevo - New year´s day
- 6 de enero: día de los Reyes Magos - Epiphany´s day
- ???: Viernes Santo (the date is not fixed) Good Friday
- 1 de mayo: día del Trabajo labor day - or May first
- 15 de agoto: Asunción de la Virgen María- Asumption
- 12 de octubre: día de la Hispanidad- Columbus day
- 1 de noviembre: Todos los Santos- All saints´day
- 6 de diciembre: Día de la Constitución Constitution day
- 8 de diciembre: Inmaculada Concepción - Inmaculate Conception´s day
- 25 de diciembre: Navidad - Christmas day

Then different regions celebrate different patron saints and different holidays they think convenient.
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Celebrations in Spain (shared by all Communities):

- 1 de enero: Año Nuevo - New year´s day
- 6 de enero: día de los Reyes Magos - Epiphany´s day
- ???: Viernes Santo (the date is not fixed) Good Friday
- 1 de mayo: día del Trabajo labor day - or May first
- 15 de agoto: Asunción de la Virgen María- Asumption
- 12 de octubre: día de la Hispanidad- Columbus day
- 1 de noviembre: Todos los Santos- All saints´day
- 6 de diciembre: Día de la Constitución Constitution day
- 8 de diciembre: Inmaculada Concepción - Inmaculate Conception´s day
- 25 de diciembre: Navidad - Christmas day

Then different regions celebrate different patron saints and different holidays they think convenient.
The patron saints are celebrated by the municipality, but not all the Communities celebrate a patron saint (for instance, where I live a defeat is celebrated -Día de la Comunidad Autónoma-).

I don't like to say "Region" for "Community", because we had regions time before, but now we don't have them anymore.
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