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Santos Reyes - celebrated all over Spain. The Three Kings from the Orient distribute presents to the children,
in impressive parades.
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La Hoguera del Santo - Huge bonfires, the locals start buidling from 8th Dec, reaching 20m high and using
1,000,000 kgs of wood
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Santantona - A complicated ritual with more fire, demons and men dressed as women
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2nd-5th Feb
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Bocairent
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Moiros y Cristianos - Spectacular and colourful processions, music, dance,
mock battles, gunpowder and the queen of la Mohoma.
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1st Sunday of Holy week
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Cullera
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Octava de Pascua -Procession, fireworks, folkdance, music.At daybreak (Rosario
de la Aurura) fishermen take the image of la Mare de Deu Del Castell into the sea.
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2nd week
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Agullent
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Moros y Cristianos
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14th - 19th Mar
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The whole province
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Las Fallas - Valencia's main festival. Starting on the 15th with 'la Planta' - huge colourful, often grotesque
effigies are displayed in the streets until the burning - la Crema, on the 19th. Fireworks, processions, flowers - see the
link above
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23rd April
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Alcoy - Alicante
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Saint George - Moros y Cristianos
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2nd Sunday May
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Valencia
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La Virgen de Los Desamparados - (a copy of) the virgen is transported through the old streets of Valencia.
Traditional dance.
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17th May
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Vila Real - Castellon
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Sant Pascual - 10 days of fiesta - bulls in the streets with balls of fire attached to their horns.
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17th June
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Xativa
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Felipe V - for historic resistance to Felipe V and the ensueing devastation caused to this beautiful, fortified
town.
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Last Sunday in July
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L'Enova
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Traslados de la Divina Aurora - this procession takes over an hour to move 150m, accompanied by dance and
fireworks.
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20th Aug
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Dos Aguas
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Virgen del Rosario - bulls with fire on their horns, and a spectacular backdrop of mountains and the river
below
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Last Sunday in Aug
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Paterna
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La Corda - starts a week before with Cristo de la Fe. A spectacular festival dominated by fireworks - not
for the faint hearted - fireworks flying in every direction. They are lit by people heavily protected with gloves, boots and
crash helmets who walk through and ignite specially designed artefacts. Also firework street 'battles' with many injuries.
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Last Wed in Aug
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Bunyol
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La Tomatina - one huge tomato throwing fight. This festival has had a lot of media coverage. 125,000 kgs
of ripe tomatoes, 30, 000 in a town inhabited by 9,000.
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Last week in Aug and first week in Sept
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Requena
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Vendimia - one of the largest wine festivals, where the wine just keeps on flowing
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3rd Sept
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Agullent
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Fiesta del Milagro - dating back to 1600 - dance, processions and music
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2nd Sunday in Sept
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Sueca
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Fiesta del Arroz - paella competition.
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22nd Sept
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Benicassim - Castellon
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SantaTomas de Villanueva - Very popular music festival on the coast - lasts for 10 days.
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1st Oct
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Naquera
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Virgen del Rosario, Nino Jesus, Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion y San Francisco de Asis - 'mascletas',
dancing, food
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3rd Oct
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Gandia
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Tracas - music, dance, fireworks and processions.
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1st Nov
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Concentaina - Alicante
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Firia de Tots Sants - the oldest festival in the Valencian community (1346) celebrating All Saints
from 1st - 15th Nov. Concerts, medieval fair, horse events and exhibitions.
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26th - 31st Dec
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Agost - Alicante
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Fiesta del rey Moro - 6 days of folklore dance and music, processions, fireworks.
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