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The more party known of St. Cross is the Carnival. He is in the more important ones belonging to the world consideredly like one. He shares with Cádiz the holiday title of International Interest Turist, being two distinct forms to celebrate and to understand the carnival. His date of celebration varies every year, although they use to coincide in the months of January or February. During the epoch franquista, that is, he was the 40 years of dictatorship of the general Frank at these two Spanish zones, where only they celebrated the carnivals, under Invierno's denomination of Parties, since they were prohibited his celebration as such.

The dances to the sound of the Sauce and of the Batucadas of Retinues last all night long. The explosion of coloring has place with the election of the queen of the Carnival, next, with the Horse Ride Anunciadora, it will make one feel I begin the carnival on the street. Murgas and groups of serenaders are the persons in charge to put the hot and cultural tone of the party, being the apotheosis of the Carnival santacrucero on Tuesday of carnival, with great coloring and parade of the horse ride, and on the following day previous days's coloring changes over for the black of mourning for the burial of the sardine, that puts a stop to the parties of official manner, although the Carnival continuous even the end of the week ( Friday and Saturday of piñata ).

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