Feast of the Fallas in Valencia, Spain
By one of the most important festivals in Spain include the Fallas festival. It is celebrated not only in the capital of Spain, but also in other areas of the autonomous communities. No reliable information about the origin of this tradition. Medieval chronicles tell of fires, in which the townspeople burned wood and old furniture, celebrating the arrival of spring. Other sources associated with the holiday carpentry…
Fair Kaziukas in Vilnius, Lithuania
Every year in Vilnius in early March arrange the most entertaining holiday Republic of Lithuania – it is fair Kaziukas, age-old traditions which have come down to our times already since the XVII century. The name of the fair is associated with the name of St. Casimir. He is the patron saint of Lithuania and lived in the XV century. This fair can rightly be considered the largest in the Baltic States….