FERIA DE MALAGA 2008, 15 - 24 August 2008, videos
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Feria de Malaga takes place every year in August in the capital of the Costa del Sol. It opens with a firework display, a big night party on the Malagueta beach and the MTV concert featuring top international pop stars.
The following day the city centre is transformed with horses carrying people dressed in typical Andalucian costumes. The horses and horse-drawn carriages take Malagenians to the church (Santuario de Ntra. Sra. De La Victoria), where they attend a service and offer flowers to the patron saint of Málaga, the Virgen de la Victoria. This is a chance to see a beautiful display of horse-riding clothes and outfits, horse harnessing and the special andalusian costumes and dresses.
For more details, vide and photographs see TVSpain - FERIA DE MALAGA, Horses.
During the day the fair takes place in the Malaga’s Old Town “Feria de DÃa” and in the evening in the outskirts at The Palacia de Feria located south-west of the center “Real De La Feria” (the feria proper). Feria Real is a rather commercial theme park and mass entertainment. In contrast the fair in the city center is a wonderful an spontaneous gathering of thousands of people joining together to have fun.
For more details, video and photographs see TVSpain - FERIA DE MALAGA, Madness.
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