The May Crosses
The may crosses is a popular holiday in Lebrija (Seville). Celebrated on the first week of may, festival of crosses became an official celebration in 1890.
The tradition of the crosses goes back almost 100 years. In may when all the houses and balconies where full off flowers and colourful, in every part of the city where there is a cross or a religius symbol, large groups of people or families go out with some typical accesories such as shawls and carnations in their hair. While they are singing and dancing to the beat of tambourine.
Nearly one century later, this celebration became popular in hispanic America and of course in a lot of places in Spain. It is the custom to have a big family meal with traditional food such as snails and broad beans.
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