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//**__ ﻿ Tradiciones y Festivales __**// La siesta is a very important tradition in Spain. Here's how it works: you take a big meal, and then you will take a nap for about 15 to 20 minutes and then get on with your life. this takes place around the world everyday but the tradition's origin started in Spain. Everyone in Spain participates no matter what they are doing.(children:school, adult:work) This tradition is set for midday everyday. there are famous people that taken place in La Siesta, for example example, here are a few of the many celebrities that had taken place in La Siesta: Albert Einstein, Bill Clinton, Napoleon, and Leonardo Da Vinci.
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The running of the bulls is a nine day festival in Pamplona, Spain. It is July 7th to July 14th. There are a lot of injuries during this time. People have been gored, stabbed, seriously injured, and even killed. Many people have been gored but that doesn't stop them. It is very dangerous and some people think that they should stop it. The point of the festival is to release a few bulls from some off-site corrals where they have spent the night, to a bullring across town where they will be stabbed and killed that night. The catch is that the bulls run through the cities when everyone crowds their path and crowds the city. The run is 825 meters long. The men and boys show off their bravery by hitting the bulls, running in front of them, and also running next to them.
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The Goose Festival is also known as, Antzar Eguan. There are brave men who participate in this festival who have to be raised so that he can reach a dead, greased duck, and then he has to grab hold of the goose and then they will start. the man will be lifted up and down, in to and out of the water and shaken of the rope hung over the ocean. The goal is to hang on until the gooses head falls off. As a prize, the winner will get to keep the goose. Back in the olden days, they used to use live geese.
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Tomatina: Tomatina starts at 10:00am in the Valencian town of Buñol. The food fight during Tomatina is the biggest food fight in the world, every year about 40,000 people show up. Five tomato packed rockets are shot into the sky to start the festival.To start the food fight people need to climb a greased pole with a ham on top. When someone reaches the top trucks come and unload tomatoes. People start throwing tomatoes at each other and it gets very messy. The food fight last for about one hour. The city is really messy and smelly after.

__** Flamenco: **__ Flamenco is a style of dancing and instrumental or vocal music.Flamenco started in the 1700s. Girls usually wear red dresses with many layers of ruffles and high heels. Men wear black or red tuxedo undershirts and stretchy pants. Flamenco festivals are held in Andalusia in the summer. Flamenco is still practiced today.

__** Tomborrada de San Sebastian: **__ It's in San Sebastian, Basque Country, on January 19. It last for 24 hours, from midnight to midnight. There are all different ages of drum players.The drummers gather in Konstituzio plaza square. Exactly at midnight the major raises the Spanish flag and the festival begins. The drummers play there drums and it gets really loud.

__** Dia de Santiago: **__ July 25 in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. This holiday is to celebrate of the patron Saint of Spain. There are fireworks, parades, and a telivised mass. This is a National holiday.