fiesta
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At the end of the fishing season in Aberaeron, the Ceredigion town hosts a mackerel fiesta, described as "a light-hearted funeral" dedicated to the fast-swimming fish.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ten men suffered injuries Tuesday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, bringing to 57 the total number of daredevils injured during this year's fiesta.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“There is nothing so joyous as a Mexican fiesta, but there is also nothing so sorrowful,” Nobel laureate Octavio Paz infamously wrote in “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” his 1950 treatise on the Mexican condition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
ET on Thursday, Mexico will take on South Africa to kick off this five-week, 104-match fiesta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
They would not open until the day before the fiesta.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Shops remained closed, bread was in short supply and Ceuta's annual fiestas have been cancelled as Spain's North African enclave struggled to cope after thousands of migrants poured in from neighbouring Morocco.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Valencia regional government Deputy President Aitana Mas has left the door open to debate whether to prohibit these kinds of fiestas, saying that the current legislation is “not enough.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Villages and towns across Spain hold the fiestas but they were prohibited last year as the country brought in tough health restrictions.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2021
They are divided into two themes: labor and fiestas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
El Patron’s voice filled with wonder as he described the hacienda where he had attended fiestas so long ago.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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