Festival Date:

Late February - early March

Holiday message:

¡ Feliz carnaval!

The origin of the festival:

Spain is a tenacious nation, its people against the oppression of foreign invaders, in 1492 launched the liberation movement (La Reconquista), won the victory. Since then, the Spanish people have been liberated (Liberacion), the Spanish people in order to commemorate the victory of the liberation movement, every year people will hold a variety of large-scale song and dance gala, large-scale parade gala, the people enjoy the carnival, to celebrate the important festival commemorating the Spanish people to get light.

The origins of Carnival date back many centuries. It spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages (La Edad Meida) and was closely associated with religion. During the period of Lent (Curesma) for Christians (Los cristiano), different fasts (Abstinencia) are practiced, such as abstaining from eating meat, doing interesting activities, etc. So, just before Lent begins, it is celebrated recklessly for a few days each year, eating as much meat (Carne) as possible, enjoying it to the fullest and gaining strength for this time of remembrance.

Ways to celebrate:

1. Dress up Parade (Desfile de maquillaje) : During the carnival, people will wear all kinds of fancy costumes (Disfrazarse), make up (Maquillarse), go to the streets to dance, sing, and free themselves.

2. Burial of sardines (El entierro de la sardina) : On the day of the end of the carnival, the "burial of sardines" activity is held, people will be cremated sardines, meaning that all the vices during the carnival will be burned, colored paper is the feature of the festival.
   

3. Beauty pageant (Concurso de belleza) : In some regions, the participation of the masses and the selection of the "Queen" (La reina) is one of the features of Carnival.

4. People hold a variety of large song and dance festivals and carnivals, usually on the streets or in large squares, which are free for everyone to watch.

The celebration colors of Spanish Carnival are usually very bright and colorful, including red (Rojo), yellow (Amarillo), green (Verde), blue (Azul) and other colors to show the joy and warm atmosphere of the festival.

Celebratory meals:

Galicia: Filloas and Orellas are traditional dishes of the region.
Asturias: Casadielles are fried sweet dumplings filled with dried jam.
Aragon: Salchichas guisadas (sausage stew) isa traditional food in the region during Carnival.
Catalonia: Farcit and Butifarra are two typical Catalan sausages that are eaten during Carnival.