Come join in the fun when thousands of people get together for one of Spains largest festivals.
The La Tamborrada Festival on the streets of San Sebastian, Spain
This Festival, also known as the ¨midnight to midnight¨festival, is one of the largest held in Spain, but also the shortest and most intense.
The day of San Sebastian, 20th January, the citizens of San Sebastian celebrate the feast of their patron saint in style. For 24 hours, day and night, the sound of drums can be heard throughout the city. Nearly 11,500 adults, men and women, and 4,600 children, dressed as soldiers, cooks or water carriers take to the streets with their respective music group.
With Uniformed marchers, parading the streets of San Sebastian, representing their own societies. Un like other cultural events, the La Tamborrada, is the way the people celebrate their culture and take pride in a tradition that dates back 1720.
This festival is not only for the Spanish people of San Sebastian, but every year thousands of visitors join in with their own drums and barrels, and other festive activities .
Come and bring your drums, and be part of one the largest traditional events held in Spain.
The La Tamborrada Festival on the streets of San Sebastian, Spain
This Festival, also known as the ¨midnight to midnight¨festival, is one of the largest held in Spain, but also the shortest and most intense.
The day of San Sebastian, 20th January, the citizens of San Sebastian celebrate the feast of their patron saint in style. For 24 hours, day and night, the sound of drums can be heard throughout the city. Nearly 11,500 adults, men and women, and 4,600 children, dressed as soldiers, cooks or water carriers take to the streets with their respective music group.
With Uniformed marchers, parading the streets of San Sebastian, representing their own societies. Un like other cultural events, the La Tamborrada, is the way the people celebrate their culture and take pride in a tradition that dates back 1720.
This festival is not only for the Spanish people of San Sebastian, but every year thousands of visitors join in with their own drums and barrels, and other festive activities .
Come and bring your drums, and be part of one the largest traditional events held in Spain.
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