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San Fernando Fairs
Canival – February or march
A tremendously popular festival in this area. Light-hearted
processions, competitions, popular shows in tablaos all delightfully
accompanied by a variety of typical local dishes.
Holy week-March or April
A spectacular explosion, both aesthetically and culturally,
highly renowned and of artistic and religious interest, all
these adjectives describe the beautiful, unique representation
of the Passion of Christ in San Fernando. Not to be missed:
the start of the procession of Jesus the Nazarene at 2am on
Holy Friday.
San Juan – 23rd June
On this, the shortest night of the year, in the Casería
del Ossio district, huge images constructed with cloth, straw
and other materials, are set alight.
The Carmen and salt fair – july
In honour of her Patron Saint, the Virgin Carmen, San Fernando
becomes a mass of colour, lights, horsemen and women and countless
stalls and booths in which to enjoy the magnificent.
Las Cortes festivity – 24th September
Musical bands, public access to various, historically-relevant,
constitutional buildings a chance to enjoy local gastronomic
delights, a military parade, bullfighting and a myriad of
other activities to commemorate the important historical events
that occurred in the Villa of the Real Isla of Leon during
the Napoleonic war, and which led to the establishment of
the First Spanish Constitution.
Pilgrimage to the Cerro de los Martires – 23rd October
A procession, a mass and a family day-out in San Fernando,
when, traditionally, the townsfolk make their way to the hill
and spend the whole day there. High tea is typically a mix
of chestnuts, walnuts, quince and pine kernels.
All Saints Festival : last Friday in October.
On the last Friday in October, the town´s municipal
market is the scene for a competition amongst the various
stall holders, who adorn their stalls with amusing satirical
decorations, ironic reflections of life on the Island and
in Spain at large.
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