Basque Country by ingelesmintegia

ingelesmintegia — 2014-11-28 11:55:34 UTC

Aste nagusia (Big week) takes place in Bilbao at the end of August and it lasts nine days.The festival mascot is MARIJAIA.She appears with the city authorities in the balcony of the City Hall and the citizens from Bilbao jump and sing.

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-02 11:59:12 UTC

The Tamborrada is held in San Sebastian and starts on January 20th at midnight. Its consists of a 24-hour non-stop drumming.

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-05 11:48:51 UTC

Virgin Blanca festival takes place in Vitoria-Gazteiz .from 4th to 9th August . The protagonist of this festival is Celedón, who descends from the church over a crowd in the square below .

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-05 11:57:57 UTC

On Christmas Eve, 24th December, we have a special dinner with our family and, then, at midnight, Olentzero comes home and leaves us some presents .

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-09 11:47:16 UTC

Olentzero is the character who brings the presents at Christmas in the Basque Country. He is fat because he likes eating and drinking. He wears traditional clothes. He lives in the mountain because he is a coalman and comes down to town on a donkey with presents.

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-12 11:45:15 UTC

This picture shows a traditional Basque dance. There are many types of dancing. Each one has a different costume. Groups dance on special days and village festivals. There are also dancing competitions.

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-12 11:45:41 UTC

The San Fermín Festival takesplace in Pamplona or Iruña in Basque. It starts on July 6th and lasts for a week. During this time the city is visited by more than one million visitors. It is one of the largest fiestas in the world.

ingelesmintegia — 2014-12-12 22:08:56 UTC

Every day there is “Running of the Bulls,” where hundreds of people run in front of the bulls down narrow streets of the old town. There are also parades, traditional Basque sports and a firework competition.

The American writer Ernest Hemingway was a big fan of the San Fermin Festival and wrote about it in his book, “The Sun Also Rises.”