Example sentences for: fiestas

How can you use “fiestas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Throughout the Southwest, fiestas for San Juan, San Isidro, San Francisco, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and many other favorite saints incorporated religious rituals and secular revelry.

  • There is documentation of the Matachines dance performed during church fiestas and funerals by the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico.

  • In it she describes the early Spanish settlers, life on the hacienda, the religious fiestas, the santos (saints), foods, folk songs, folktales, and the customs of the region.

  • In contemporary Spain, the province of Alicante continues to have a major festival known as Las Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos that is a combination of religious and secular processions, with up to 5,000 lavishly costumed participants.

  • The major fiestas are listed in the Calendar of Events (see page 92), but ask the tourist information office about what’s going on during your stay.


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