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Fiestas sagradas
Do you know about the Pagan origins of Christian festivals? What they used to mean, and how exactly they were absorbed by Christianity? Do you know which heretic ceremonies are now Saints' days? Why the Day of the Dead is celebrated? What symbology bullfighting carries? Do you know what class of rites are really being celebrated on the magical night of Saint John?
Jesús Callejo, a leading writer on heterodox literature and a regular participant on Juan Cebrián's famous Onda Cero radio programme Rosa de los Vientos, invites the reader of Sacred Festivals on a journey that takes in ritual, ceremony, folklore, tradition and the supernatural. The destination is the least well-known aspect of these festivities, the place where sacred and profane meet, and rites and myths emerge.