1. Spanish
Beliefs and
Superstitions

2. Religious beliefs
Spain has been a profoundly Catholic country for
centuries, and Catholicism was the official religion
for most of recent history until after the death
of Franco. Church and state were separated briefly
under both the First and Second Republics, but their
lasting separation did not begin until the 1978
constitution took effect. Even though their
numbers have grown, non-Catholics in Spain today
probably number less than 2 percent of the
populace.

3. Rituals and Holy places
Spanish pueblos, from hamlets to large cities, and many
neighborhoods within population centers, all have patron
saints each of whose days occasions a public festival, or fiesta.
These fiestas punctuate the year and, along with weddings,
comprised the principal events of traditional social life,
especially in rural areas. Fiestas are both religious and secular in
nature and usually involve feasting on both public and
household levels as well as the celebration of masses. Some
populations sponsor bullfights or other public entertainments
on major fiestas. Shrines, which are associated with miracles, are
often located outside of population centers and are visited (as
are churches) by individual devotés or by large groups on the
days associated with the holy figures to whom they are
dedicated.

4. Superstitions
Here are a few
superstitions that are
common in Spain:

5. 1.
When offering a toast, look
every person in the group in
the eye.

6. 2.
Spaniards believe that Tuesday,
not Friday, the 13th is unlucky

7. 3.
A lighter shouldn't be shared
among more than three people

8. A salt shaker 4.
should not be
passed from
hand to hand
- Instead, it
must be placed
on the table,
for the other
person to pick
it up
themselves.

9. 5.
If, while
sweeping, the
broom hits
the feet of a
single
person, that
person will
never marry

10. 6.
Never leave
your handbag
on the floor
or your money
will run away.

11. 7.
Chimneys should always be capped
or witches might climb down it.

12. Folklore events

13. HABANERA
FESTIVAL(August)
This festival is held in the unrivalled setting of Cabo
de Palos, on the shores of the Mediterranean and in
the shadow of the lighthouse and lit up by a full
moon. The aim is to fill the air of August nights
with these sea-flavoured melodies that are so
popular on the east coast of Spain. The night
becomes a conglomeration of sounds, colours and
flavors, projected onto the sky, the moon and the
sea.

14. FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
(San Pedro del
Pinatar)
The San Pedro del Pinatar Flamenco Festival
seeks to pay homage to the great Flamenco
singer Jose Monje Cruz alias Camaron de la
Isle, on the anniversary of his death on the
first Saturday of July each year,
representing the starting signal of the
Flamenco season in the region of Murcia.

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