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Día de San Juan Bautista. Fiestas de San Juan. Since John the Baptist is the patron saint of the Island and the namesake of the capital city , his day is widely celebrated by big parties on the beaches on the Eve of St. John's Day (June 23). One tradition is to walk backward into the ocean and fall in 12 times at midnight on the beginning of ...
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The traditional midsummer party in Spain is the celebration in honour of Saint John (Spanish: San Juan, Catalan: Sant Joan, Galician: San Xoán) [49] and takes place on the evening of June 23. This midsummer tradition is especially strong in coastal areas of Spain, like in Galicia , where San Xoán festivals take place all over the region ...
Virgin Gorda — Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Celebrations, late March/early April [16] Canada. Toronto — Caribana Toronto Caribbean Carnival (early August) Cayman Islands — Batabano, late April/early May, [17] Cayman Islands – CayMAS Carnival, late June/early July [18] Cuba. Cuba — Carnival of Santiago de Cuba, July [19]
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean. [1] The world heritage site consists of several historic defensive structures built by the Spanish Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries to defend the ...
San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]
The history of Halloween is spookier than you know. Witches, ghosts, and costumes all play a part in Halloween's history, but why do we celebrate it? Learn more about the history of the October 31 ...
The Carnaval de Ponce (English: Ponce Carnival), officially Carnaval Ponceño, is an annual celebration of the Carnival holiday held in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The celebration lasts one week, and like most observations of the holiday ends on Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day, the day before Ash Wednesday).