Me llamo _________________________________________________________________

¡Las celebraciones en el mundo de español!

Celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world

1.) La ________________________________________
- Celebrated for a girl’s _______________ birthday

- Much like “Sweet 16” here in the U.S.

- It’s a symbol of a girl becoming a __________________________

2.) Sanfermines
- Takes place in _________________________

- Celebrated in the city of Pamplona in ___________________________

- Over a ______________________________ people come to watch or

participate in the festival

- It celebrates Saint Fermin, a Catholic priest who was

________________________________

- It includes the ___________________________ of the _____________________,

where 12 bulls run with hundreds of people through the city

- It can be very _________________________________ for participants!

3.) La Tomatina
- It’s an annual _______________ ___________________ in Buñol, Spain

- It’s a week-long festival in ______________________________

- The tomato fight uses _________________________________________

tomatoes!

- The festival began in 1945

4.) Cinco de __________________

- Celebrated on the ________th of ______________ in Mexico and the U.S.

- It is a celebration of a _________________ between ____________________

and Mexico in 1862
- It is now a symbol of Mexican culture and ________________________

- Now, it’s more popular in the U.S. than in Mexico!