Christmas is a religious holiday in Spain. Spanish is the patron saint of the Virgin Mary and the Christmas season officially begins on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception. Every year we celebrate in front of the largest Gothic cathedral in Seville with a ceremony called Los Seises or the "dance of six." The elaborate ritual dance is performed in ten boys costumes, dance is very touching and beautiful. It consists of a set of factstraditional movements and gestures.
Christmas Eve is known as Noche Buena or "Good Night". As the stars come out on Christmas Eve, oil lamps are lit in every tiny house. Family members gather to rejoice and feast around the Nativity, with carved figures, which are home to almost everyone. The traditional Christmas market is the treatment of nougat, a kind of almond candy. After Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill withDancers and spectators. There is a special Christmas dance called the Jota and the words and music that have passed since hundreds of years. The dance is accompanied by the sound of guitars and castanets.
The Spanish especially honor the cow for Christmas. For it is thought that when Mary gave birth to Jesus the cow in the stable breathed on the Baby Jesus to keep him warm. The Spanish Christmas is Navidad, people go to church, sharingpresented, swings and play many created specially for the occasion. Swinging at solstice time evokes an ancient desire to encourage the sun, he pushes for "swing" ever higher in the sky. 28. December is the feast of the Innocents. The children of a city or village light bonfires in the course of a function of them as mayor, the work people perform civic duties, like sweeping the streets. If you refuse to comply with fines that are collected are then used to payCelebration.
The children of Spain receive gifts on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, the day the wise men gave gifts to Jesus The Magi are particularly revered in Spain. It is believed that travel through the country to take their journey to Bethlehem every year at this time.
On the eve of the King ", a parade will take place in each center. Locals dressed as a king and walk through the town, throwing candy and gifts to observe the children. L 'Kings (Los Reyes), are the pride of every child to write a Christmas gift list for "The Kings" took Santa, so that food and drinks presented to them as children. Children leave their shoes on the windowsills and fill them with straw, carrots and barley for the horses of the Wise. In the morning the camel food is gone and put up in place of straw, carrots or barley. Their favorite is Balthazar Wise Man,rides a donkey and was believed to leave the gifts.
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