Verbena (fair)
spanishspeaking culture verbena agricultural show modest amusement park dance party especially one held night old tradition usually take place dark summer nowadays major city barcelona host permanent verbena revetlla catalan less tradition character appear day year large contemporary verbena feature mechanical amusement ride sideshow attraction usually sort gambling typical verbena food includes churros ham cheese marzipan candied egg yolk yemas candied quince membrillo sugared fruits—though recent year modern junk food found way mix always alcoholic beverages—usually spanish wine sangría lager beer usually music dancing either organized spontaneously recent year verbena incorporated recorded popular music rock music even karaoke andalusia even beyond flamenco traditional music still dominate verbena musician take break runner carrying firework toro de fuego may dash crowd word verbena come without alteration latin term originally referred plant verbena term fair derives one famous zarzuela spanish operetta piece género chico smaller genre la verbena de la paloma fair dove set verbena night virgin paloma august also made movie film called verbena tragica also known tragic festival song verbena de san cayetano celebrates verbena madrid patronal festival sagra festival