I fell even more in love with Sevilla last night. At midnight started the lighting of the portada or the entrance to Feria. I’m not even sure really how to describe Feria. I think it is one of those things you have to be there and see it to grasp it.
Last night after buying my purple themed flamenco goods, flower and huge earrings, seeing Dear John in Spanish and finally getting to try orange wine we headed to the lighting of the portada. The Feria grounds are at the end of my street, which will make getting around the next few days a little big of a challenge. I have never seen so many people in Sevilla crammed onto one street going to the same place.
Feria de Abril is a mixture of a state fair, city wide block party, bar mitzvah party and Sevilla culture all rolled up into one. Families and friends own private tents which are decorated absolutely beautifully. There are also some public tents that are provided by political parties and neighborhoods. The Feria grounds are not used for anything else during the year and is a huge area. Women wear their flamenco dresses and men in suits. Little did I know there is a new fashion every year of flamenco dresses. However, a flamenco dress costs around 300 EUR so I splurged for the earrings and flower instead.
Each tent is playing some type of Sevillana music. Everyone in the tent and people outside the tents are dancing the famous Sevillana dance. I have attempted to learn, but still stick out so much.
Served in all the tents is a drink called rebujitos, which is a mixture of sherry and 7-up. We tried some and have to agree it is delicious.
Tonight we are going to our family’s tent around 10:30 PM. Feria lasts until about 7 AM. Pablo even told me that some people stay until 9 AM, go home and start all over the next day. I can’t wait to spend the night with my family, ride roller coasters with my Spanish brothers and attempt to dance more Sevillana.
On another note I went to Toledo last weekend with my theatre, dance and music interest group. The town was small, but beautiful with a lot of history. I got to see the Don Quijote windmills and see a very entertaining black light theatre show.
Paris was amazing and deserves its own blog post, so that will be coming soon! Only 3 more weeks left until my parents get here. Where did the time go?
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