Editing Valladolid (section)

== Culture ==
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=== Languages ===
[[File:Casacervantes academia artes01 lou.jpg|thumb|right|[[Casa de Cervantes]] ("Cervantes' House")]]
Spanish is the only official language throughout the city. Valladolid stands out for having been the residence of the author of ''[[Don Quixote]]'', [[Miguel de Cervantes]], as well as authors such as [[José Zorrilla]] or [[Miguel Delibes]] and the thrust of its [[University of Valladolid|University]]. The province stands out for receiving a significant number of people who want to learn the Spanish language ([[Cultural tourism|Language tourism]]).

=== Easter ===

{{main|Holy Week in Valladolid}}
[[File:Valladolid cofradia Siete palabas procesion lou.jpg|thumb|right|Holy Week procession in the city]]
[[Holy Week]] ("Semana Santa" in Spanish) holds one of the best known Catholic traditions in Valladolid. The [[Good Friday]] processions are considered an exquisite and rich display of Castilian religious sculpture. On this day, in the morning, members of the brotherhoods on horseback make a poetic proclamation throughout the city. The "Sermon of the Seven Words" is spoken in Plaza Mayor Square. In the afternoon, thousands of people take part in the Passion Procession, comprising 31 pasos (religious statues), most of which date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The last statue in the procession is the [[Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish|Virgen de las Angustias]], and her return to the church is one of the most emotional moments of the celebrations, with the Salve Popular sung in her honour.

Easter is one of the most spectacular and emotional fiestas in Valladolid. Religious devotion, art, colour and music combine in acts to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ: the processions. Members of the different Easter brotherhoods, dressed in their characteristic robes, parade through the streets carrying religious statues (pasos) to the sound of drums and music.

=== Seminci ===

{{main|Seminci}}
[[Image:Teatro Calderon.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Teatro Calderón (Valladolid)|Calderón Theatre]] is the festival headquarters.]]
The city is also host to one of the foremost (and oldest) international film festivals, the ''Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid ([[Seminci]])'', founded in 1956. Valladolid, through various loopholes in state censorship, was able to present films that would otherwise have been impossible to see in Spain. An award or an enthusiastic reception from the audience and the critics meant, on numerous occasions{{specify|date=March 2020}}, that the official state bodies gave the go-ahead to certain films which Francisco Franco's regime considered out of line with their ideology.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Even after the death of Franco in 1975, Valladolid continued to be the "testing ground" for films which had been banned. For example, the premiere in Spain of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' at the 1975 festival is still recalled as a landmark.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

=== Local cuisine ===

{{Main|Cuisine of the province of Valladolid}}
[[File:Plato de lechazo, Valladolid.jpg|thumb|The roasted ''[[lechazo]]'' (unweaned lamb) is a staple of the provincial cuisine.]]
[[File:Barricas Bodega Viña Sastre - Hermanos Sastre Ribera del Duero Spain.JPG|thumb|''Hermanos Sastre'' wine cellar]]
Although an inland province, fish is commonly consumed, some brought from the [[Bay of Biscay|Cantabrian Sea]]. Fish like red bream and [[hake]] are a major part of Valladolid's cuisine.

The main speciality of Valladolid is, however, lechazo (suckling baby lamb). The lechazo is slowly roasted in a wood oven and served with salad.

Valladolid also offers a great assortment of wild mushrooms. Asparagus, endive and beans can also be found. Some legumes, like white beans and lentils are particularly good. Pine nuts are also produced in great quantities.

Sheep cheese from Villalón de Campos, the famous [[pata de mulo cheese|pata de mulo]] (mule's foot) is usually unripened (fresh), but if it is cured the ripening process brings out such flavour that it can compete with the best sheep cheeses in Spain.

Valladolid has a bread to go with every dish, like the delicious cuadros from Medina del Campo, the muffins, the pork-scratching bread and the lechuguinos, with a pattern of concentric circles that resemble a head of lettuce.

The pastries and baked goods from the province of Valladolid are well-known, specially St. Mary's ring-shaped pastries, St. Claire's sponge cakes, pine nut balls and cream fritters.

Valladolid is also a producer of wines. The ones that fall under the Designation of Origin [[Cigales]] are very good. White wines from [[Rueda (DO)|Rueda]] and red wines from [[Ribera del Duero]] are known for their quality.