Thousands attend Seville's first April Fair since pandemic

Record ID: 1671111

  • Title: Thousands attend Seville's first April Fair since pandemic
  • Date: 1st May 2022
  • Summary: SEVILLE, SPAIN (APRIL 30, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITH FLAMENCO DANCERS PEOPLE CROSSING PEDESTRIAN WALKAWAY TOWARDS FAIR ENTRANCE LIGHTS OF THE FAIR SWITCHING ON DURING THE “ALUMBRADO” AND PEOPLE CHEERING LIGHTS ON SEVILLE, SPAIN (MAY 1, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING AT FAIR CROWDS OF PEOPLE AT FAIR LANTERNS VARIOUS OF WOMEN DRESSED IN FLAMENCO CLOTHES DANCING SEVILLANAS, ANDALUSIA’S TRADITIONAL DANCE PEOPLE WALKING AT FAIR PEOPLE TOASTING WITH BEER WOMAN BLOWING A KISS TO THE CAMERA VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SINGING AND CLAPPING AT FAIR'S 'CASETA' (MARQUEE TENT) WAITER SERVING PEOPLE FRIED FISH PEOPLE EATING AND DRINKING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HEAD OF WAITERS MIGUEL ANGEL SAIZ, 53, SAYING: “We were really looking forward to it after two years with Covid, you understand what all this entails, and this year as you can see it is full, I think we are going to work a lot.” (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FERIA DE ABRIL ATTENDANT AND ODONTOLOGIST PILAR MARTIN, 40, SAYING: “The truth is that it has been some strange few years, with a great desire to return to normality and this year I am trying to enjoy everything I can because the situation we have lived through has taught us to live day by day. We have to enjoy everything we can because we don't know what will happen tomorrow, right?” (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FERIA DE ABRIL ATTENDAN AND ARCHITECT MARIAN REDONDO, 45, SAYING: “We are looking forward to being with family and friends, and also thinking about the people who are no longer with us, who we have lost in these two years that have been difficult for everyone. But we are looking forward to having fun, dancing, but without forgetting what has happened, which is not over yet.” PEOPLE AT FAIR FLOWERS
  • Embargoed: 15th May 2022 09:18
  • Keywords: Alumbrao Andalusia April fair Dancing Feria de Abril Flamenco Madruga Sevillanas Seville Spain coronavirus pandemic
  • Location: SEVILLE, SPAIN
  • City: SEVILLE, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001506901052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thousands celebrated the annual traditional April fair in Seville on Saturday (April 30) night after two years of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Locals were seen dancing Sevillanas, Andalusia's traditional dance, and clapping to the sound of music during “La Madruga”, the traditional kick off of Seville´s Feria de Abril.
    "We have to enjoy everything we can because we don't know what will happen tomorrow," said Pilar Martin, 40, who was looking forward to attending the fair after pandemic.
    The festival, one of southern Spain’s most famous, began on Saturday at midnight with the "alumbrado", the inaugural moment when the lights of the fairgrounds are switched on.
    Visitors from all over the world are expected to come to Seville to enjoy a week of partying, dancing and eating.
    The Fair will end on Saturday (May 7) with great fireworks display by the Guadalquivir River.
    (Production: Mariano Valladolid, Elena Rodriguez)
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