Editing Zaragoza (section)

=== Festivals ===
[[File:FIESTAS DEL PILAR DE ZARAGOZA Ofrenda de frutos 18.jpg|thumb|left|Offering of Fruits at the ''Fiestas del Pilar'']]
The annual ''[[Fiestas del Pilar]]'' lasts for nine days, with its main day on 12 October. This date also coincides with Spain's national holiday, El Día de la Hispanidad (Day of Hispanicity), which celebrates Spain's cultural and historical ties with Hispanic America.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hispanic Day 2024 in Spain |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/spain/hispanic-day}}</ref> October 12 also corresponds to the [[History of the Americas|arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas]].
[[File:SEMANA SANTA DE ZARAGOZA Cofradia de las siete palabras 2413.jpg|thumb|[[Semana Santa]] in Zaragoza]]
There are many activities during the festival, from the massively attended {{Lang|es|pregon}} (opening speech) to the final fireworks display over the Ebro; they also include marching bands, dances such as {{Lang|es|jota aragonesa}} (the most popular folk music dance), a procession of ''[[gigantes y cabezudos]]'', concerts, exhibitions, ''vaquillas'', bullfights, fairground amusements, and fireworks. Some of the most important events are the {{Lang|es|Ofrenda de Flores}}, or Flower Offering to St. Mary of the Pillar, on 12 October, when an enormous surface resembling a cloak for St. Mary is covered with flowers, and the {{Lang|es|Ofrenda de Frutos}} on 13 October, when all the [[autonomous communities of Spain]] offer their typical regional dishes to St. Mary and donate them to soup kitchens.

[[Holy Week in Zaragoza]], although not as elaborate an affair as its Andalusian or [[Ruta del tambor y el bombo|Bajo Aragón]] counterparts, has several processions passing through the city centre every day with dramatic sculptures, black-dressed praying women and hundreds of hooded people playing drums. It has been a [[Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain|Festival of International Tourist Interest]] since 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2014/03/18/pdfs/BOE-A-2014-2904.pdf |title=Boletín Oficial del Estado |access-date=2018-01-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233051/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2014/03/18/pdfs/BOE-A-2014-2904.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>