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Celebrations, festivals, and customs

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Año Nuevo = New Year

aniversario = anniversary

bandera = flag

boda = wedding

carnaval = carnival

Día de los Inocentes = 28 December (similar to April Fools’ Day)

Día de los Muertos = All Souls’ Day / Day of the Dead

Día de Reyes = Epiphany (6 January)

día festivo = public holiday

disfraz / disfrazarse de = costume / to dress up as

feria = fair

fiesta = festival / party

fuegos artificiales = fireworks

fecha patria = national day

nacimiento = nativity scene

Navidad = Christmas

Nochebuena = Christmas Eve

Nochevieja = New Year’s Eve (31 December)

Papá Noel = Father Christmas / Santa Claus

Pascua = Easter

paso = statue carried in an Easter procession

procesión = procession

quinceañera = fifteenth-birthday celebration (Latin American tradition)

Reyes Magos = the Three Kings / Wise Men

Semana Santa = Holy Week (Easter week)

Tomatina = tomato-throwing festival (Buñol, Spain)

traje típico = traditional costume

villancico = Christmas carol

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