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SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Udane Cabanillas
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Hi, I am Udane and I am going to talk about some of the festivals, of the Basque country. These festivals means in meet up with friends and also spend a good time.
The most of the festivals are in the summer like: Amabirjiñak, Saninaziyuak, Andramaxak, San pedruak…
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
AMABIRJIÑAK
• This festival is celebrated in Zestoa. The festival is for four days.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• In this festival there are bulls. There isn’t bullring in Zestoa, so they built one for this festival, but the bullring is different from the others, because this is rectangular.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• At night, there are groups playing music, and people dance.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
SANINAZIYUAK
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• The other festival, is Saninaziyuak. This festival is very important for Azpeitia’s people, because it is dedicated to San Ingnazio of Loiola.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• In Azpeitia,there is one bullring, and during this festival, the bulls in Azpeitia are very important, because come important bullfighters.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• At night there also are groups of music, and fireworks.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
ANDRAMAXAK
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• This festival is for Azkoitia’s people.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• When the mayor throws light the roman candel, people dress up as giants with long heads and they go around the streets, hitting people.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• At night there are fireworks and fire bull. The fire bull is a man, wearing a bull head throwing fireworks. He runs, around the square between people.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
SANPEDRUAK
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• Sanpedruak festival, celebrated in Zumaia.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• In this festival put young bulls on the beach, because in Zumaia there isn’t any bulllring.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• During the mornig there are giants and long heads. During the day there are groups called “txaranga”, who play music to animated the festival. Town people, dance tradisional songs in the square.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
The winter festivals are also good. But are more tradisionals,as Santomasak, Soroperi, Santelmo…
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
SOROPERI AND SANTO TOMASAK
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Soroperi and Santotomase’s are more or less the same. Soroperi celebrated in Zestoa, and Santotomases in Azpeitia.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• In these festivals in the morning there are, little stands with tradicional food, and people dress up, with traditional Basque clothes.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
SANTELMO
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Santelmo’s festival celebrated in Zumaia.
SOME FESTIVALS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• Zumaia, is near the sea. This festival is dedicated to Zumaia’s old fishers, so they celebrated it eating tradisional fish and people dress up as old fishers.
