Feria de Sevilla is being celebrated this week in Spain. The fair dates back to 1847 and is usually held 2 weeks after Semana Santa or Easter. While I was living in Sevilla years ago, I witnessed the entire city shut down for a week of casetas, drinking, dancing, and processions down the streets. Everyone is dressed in their finest traditional wardrobe: women in their faralaes, peinetas and mantón de manilas, and men in trajes corto and cordobés hats. It’s a beautiful and festive sight!
(images from here)
Stunning pictures.
It’s amazing how the spirit of the celebration is captured, even without color.
incredible. i love spain for all their tradition, they embrace it so wholly and have fun with it. it’s inspiring
january, x
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oh so beautiful! such inspirational photos!
xx
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I also lived in Sevilla, and was lucky enough to be there for the wonderful feria. The most amazing thing I saw, were young children dancing flamenco in the bars til all hours of the night. It is truly a celebration where young and old come together to celebrate their heritage and religion. Oh yea, and the fireworks!! The most spectacular I have ever seen.
stunning photographs! i love it. the black and white aspect is beautiful!
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i LOVE Spain particularly Seville and Granada! great pix. thnx
~lindley
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I visited Sevilla a couple of months ago, fell in love with it & was just fascinated but it’s culture! The Feria sounds amazing, wish I could go!
xx,
Ale.
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I visited Sevilla a couple of months ago and fell in love with the city and it’s culture! I wish I could go back and see the Feria.
xx,
Ale.
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It is, those are beautiful pictures of it, although it’s weird to see such a colorful festivity in black and white! haha
amazing. traditional. stunning. thanks for another great post. swing by to see 3 new post today including the latest celebrity trend report. xoxo
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It is amazing, right? I lived in Sevilla years ago before we moved to Madrid and to see everyone get dressed up in these wild outfits and ride in horse drawn carriages and dance sevillanas and party for an entire week, it just blew my mind. Spain is full of these amazing moments that make you feel like someone pressed pause on life and you were transported to another place and time. I just recently did a post on Semana Santa here:
http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/2011/04/semana-santa.html
I lived in Malaga several years ago and was fortunate enough to do some traveling around Andalucia. Sevilla was the favourite of all cities that I visited. Unfortunately I was not there during the Feria, but I was able to see a traditional flamenco performance. This post definitely brings me back to sunnier days. Absolutely fabulous and gorgeous photos! Major props to you!
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Heyyy I just arrived from there ! Spent the whole week and was so exciting as we could have nice weather !! Really amazing !! And now I need some rest ;;))
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I love your blog!
Kisses from Sevilla:)
Do you like the feria? I am very happy because I’m from Sevilla and recently just finished this year, I have to say that the dress worn by women not called Faralaes, called dress of Flamenca o Gitana. Faralaes is called in northern Spain but in the south and more in Seville it is not called this.
For the rest I love your page!
I had no idea you had lived in Seville!!!! If you take into account that yours is one of my favs inspirational blogs and that I live in Seville, thats a big new!!!! I think I will be posting photos from Feria as soon as I collect them from the different cameras of my friends… Ill let you know if you want
Sevilla was such a beautiful city! I wish I could go back, especially for the festival.
xoxo