Apostle Festivities 2022
The Apostle's Festivities kick off on Thursday 21 July with a proclamation by the Compostelan actor Tamar Novas. Calexico, the New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, Rocío Márquez and Bronquio, Calexico, Heredeiros da Crus, Jenny and the Mexicats, are some of the artists who will fill the city's squares with good music. Open-air cinema, traditional music, circus, big-heads... and of course the traditional firework displays will complete the programme of a festival that is coming back with a lot of energy.
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Apostle Festivities 2022
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Festivals
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 18 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance..
On the afternoon of February 19, 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.
Within the Entroido programme of the Conxo neighbourhood, an atranque of the Xenerais da Ulla will be held.
