Candlelight: Clásicos de Navidad
Candlelight brings once again the magic of live music to unique venues in Santiago de Compostela. The Pazo de San Lorenzo de Trasouto will host this Candlelight: Christmas Classics, an unforgettable musical experience by candlelight. For 60 minutes, the audience will enjoy a refined selection of Christmas melodies performed with elegance and emotion, from Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You. A concert for all ages, designed to celebrate the beauty of music and the spirit of Christmas in one of the city’s most iconic settings.
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Candlelight: Clásicos de Navidad
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The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 14 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
On the afternoon of February 15, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
