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==Feasts and traditions== [[File:Día de América en Asturias-2015 35.jpg|thumb|right|The Cuban float during the ''American Day in Asturias'' parade]] [[File:Oviedo-Plaza del Fontán.jpg|thumb|right|El Fontán square]] [[File:Oviedo_cartel.jpg|thumb|right|3D letters]] '''The Festive Calendar:''' * Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos de Oriente: The traditional Twelve Night [[parade]], where the Three Wise Men of the East and their retinue parade through the city main streets, reaching the Cathedral Square, where they make their offering to the Child Jesus. * ''L'Antroxu'' ([[Carnival]]) * The Sudarium of Oviedo is displayed to the public three times a year: [[Good Friday]], the [[Exaltation of the Holy Cross|Feast of the Triumph of the Cross]] on 14 September, and its octave on 21 September. * The Feast of the ''Ascension'' * ''La Foguera de San Xuan'' ([[Saint John's Bonfire]]): * ''La Balesquida'' or ''Martes del Bollu'' or ''Martes del campo'': A public holiday, on a Tuesday in mid-May, where people make a picnic in parks * The Feast of San Mateo, a popular week-long festival with street food, music, concerts in the cathedral square and the ''Día de América en Asturias'' * ''El Desarme'' (Disarmament's Day), commemorating the cunning victory of the locals over a Carlist army during the First Carlist War, during the 1830s '''Typical gastronomy of the province:''' * ''Fabada'', bean stew with selected cuts of pork, etc. * ''Callos'', tripe * ''Carne gobernada'', (chunks of meat, prepared with onion, garlic and white wine sauce) * ''Chorizo a la sidra'', ([[chorizo]] sausage prepared in [[cider]]) * ''Paxarines'', figures made from breadcrumb and egg coloured with saffron * ''Carbayones'', Oviedo's typical almond pastry * ''Sidra'', ([[cider]]), Asturian typical drink, fermented apple cider * ''Arroz con leche'', similar to rice pudding * ''Frixuelos'', similar to a crêpe
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