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Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, when many stores offer highly promoted sales and often open early. The term originated from a financial crisis in 1869 and later became associated with the start of the Christmas shopping season.
Holy Week or Semana Santa is a religious and cultural celebration of the Passion of Jesus Christ in Spain. It involves penance processions of brotherhoods and fraternities, carrying floats with sculptures and music, and attracts many tourists.
Learn about the religious, national and regional holidays celebrated in Spain, and how they affect the work schedule and travel plans. Find out the dates and names of the holidays for 2023, and the differences between puentes and patronal festivals.
Black Friday is a term that has multiple meanings, from a financial crisis in 1869 to a shopping day after Thanksgiving. Learn how the name evolved and what it means for retailers and consumers.
Holy Week in Málaga (in Spanish Semana Santa en Málaga), is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus in Málaga, Spain.It takes place during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
Good Friday is a Christian observance of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, observed during Holy Week. The date of Good Friday varies by year and by Eastern and Western Christianity, and it is a legal holiday in many countries.
Historically the design is called the capirote, but the brotherhoods cover it with fabric together with their face, and the medal of the brotherhood that is worn underneath.
Black Friday (1869), the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a US financial crisis Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873 Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth, Scotland disaster in which 189 fishermen died