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Pets Have Festival: Fiestas de San Antonio Abad

If you like animals, there is no entertainment quite like seeing hundreds of pets, dogs, cats, horses, and even iguanas, snakes, and roosters, all converging in one square to be sprinkled with holy water! January 17th, is yet another important Saint’s Day in Spain, that of San Antonio Abad, patron saint of animals.
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Day Of The Dead In Spain

But what Spain does celebrate, is Dia de Todos Los Santos, or All Saint's Day, celebrated on November 1st. Traditionally this day, where most businesses are shut down and people have the day off of work, is for friends and families to visit the graves of their loved ones who have passed away
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Barcelona’s Biggest, Baddest Fiesta: La Merce

With stages covering the city offering up free music every night from the 23rd to the 26th, this city knows how to throw a bash. What's more, there are fireworks every night at the beach, free entrance into many of the city's museums, family fun at CosmoCaixa and at the Montjuic Castle, poetry slams in the park, dancing in front of the Cathedral, and parades every day. I;m leaving out tons of stuff, because honestly the amount of activities offered in the next 4 days is completely overwhelming for a culture junkie like me. I feel pulled in all directions!
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The Scoop – 6 Events in Spain, February 2011

Events and festivals all over Spain for 2011.
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