Semana Santa is a religious festival in the week leading up to Easter, people usually carry floats around the streets. There are lots of places to see this festival, we recommend going to Seville, Malaga, Valladolid or Leon to watch it.
The festivals represent the capture of the city by the Muslims and the subsequent Christian reconquering fight. The people who take part in the festival are usually enlisted in local associations called filaes (singular filà) or comparses (companies