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La Pascua es una fiesta muy importante en la sociedad y cultura espa\u00f1ola debido a las ra\u00edces cat\u00f3licas del pa\u00eds. It is called la Semana Santa <\/em>and is celebrated in numerous ways in each comunidad aut<\/em>\u00f3<\/em>noma<\/em>. While the Semana Santa festivities in Andalucia are considered the most spectacular, the ones in Castila y Le\u00f3n are often regarded as some of the most authentic, solemn, and austere in the entire country. Among the cities that hold remarkable processions are Le\u00f3n, Zamora, \u00c1vila, Segovia, Valladolid and in the city where I work, Salamanca. Around 22 dramatic processions of pasos<\/em> accompanied by ancient wooden sculptures of Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary in grief, along with hundreds of penitents carrying flags, crosses, or candles make la Semana Santa<\/em> in Salamanca one of the most important celebrations of its kind in Castilla y Le\u00f3n.<\/p>\n La Nochebuena<\/em> (Christmas Eve) es celebrada por toda la fam\u00edlia y se suelen comer platos grandes de comida rica. Unos platos populares son turr\u00f3n (nougat), polvorones (Spanish almond cookies), cordero asado (roasted lamb), y mariscos (seafood). At midnight, people usually exchange small gifts, while the most religious of them commemorate the birth of Jesus by attending the Midnight Mass. This is locally known as Misa del Gallo<\/em> (the Rooster Mass) due to the common belief that the rooster was the first to announce the birth of Christ. Quiz:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a1Hasta luego!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a1Hola a todos! Espero que est\u00e9is disfrutando del buen tiempo. Esta entrada es mi \u00faltima de mi a\u00f1o Erasmus y se trata de las ferias nacionales espa\u00f1olas y las zonas […]","protected":false},"author":1479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[268],"tags":[51,349,335,350,351,70,71],"class_list":["post-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","tag-culture","tag-erasmus-traineeship","tag-festivals","tag-identity","tag-lingomaps","tag-salamanca","tag-spain"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4QQbz-Tw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3423,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/identidad-cultural\/","url_meta":{"origin":3442,"position":0},"title":"Identidad Cultural","author":"Katie Elgie","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things which has been apparent to me here throughout my time in Andaluc\u00eda is the strong cultural identity which Andalucians possess. 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\nNo obstante durante el D\u00eda de Navidad la mayor\u00eda de fam\u00edlias espa\u00f1olas pasan el d\u00eda sin hacer mucho. Se suele un d\u00eda calmo y la gente socializan con familia y amigos. Sin duda el D\u00eda de Navidad es m\u00e1s comercializado en el Reino Unido de que Espa\u00f1a.
\nEl Gordo <\/em>(the Fat One), the world-famous Spanish lottery draw, is certainly a sign that Christmas has arrived in Spain. Also known as la Loteria de Navidad<\/em>, this is a major Christmas event in Spain, organized each year since 1812. These days, it takes place on December 22nd<\/sup> and is broadcasted live on the state-run Televisi\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola and Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a. El Gordo<\/em> is the biggest and second longest running lottery in the world and has a special place in Spanish culture.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2018\/07\/1450193106_LotteryTicket-450x264.jpg\")
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