Folk International Festival in Fregenal de la Sierra
From 10th to 15th August, different cultures of the World meet to shows their traditional songs and dances, and to be enriched from each other. This folk festival is celebrated every year in Fregenal de la Sierra, located in the south zone of Badajoz province.

Fregenal de la Sierra celebrates the Festivity of Virgin Mary on August 15th. They took advantage of their feast and organized a few years ago a small festival which showed typical dances, songs and other cultural expressions of Extremadura.

As time passed the number of participants increased as well as the cultures: not only people from Extremadura or Spain but from other European, Asian or African countries.

Nowadays the festival is celebrated along a whole week.

The groups use to show their best cultural features and dresses and live together with people who have gone to Fregenal to watch them.

At night, groups dressed with traditional costumes and show their popular dances and songs. In these performances the groups invite members from other groups to join them to singing or dancing.

The last day the inhabitants of Fregenal decorate their houses and streets with flowers and flags to embellish the parade of all the groups.

For futher information you can visit festisierra.com

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