TripAdvisor - Niumba - The World's Largest Travel Site, We selected the Fiesta de las Cuadrillas as one of 'The best 10 parties of winter 2017'.
In the article published, they emphasize that "the Fiesta de las Cuadrillas is celebrated since 1979 in the framework of the Candelaria Festival. It is the oldest traditional music festival in Spain, an event that is able to congregate in the Streets of Barranda to thousands of people. "
The festival of traditional music of Barranda is in the ranking next to the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarre, the Gastrofestival of Madrid, Canarian Music Festival, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Opera Season, the Festival of Jarramplas (Piornal) Moors and Christians Festival of Bocairent, the International Festival of Magic City of León, the Current Alicante Cycle and Festivities of La Vijanera (Molledo).
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Coinciding with the celebration of the Candelaria, patron saint of the caravaqueña village of Barranda, the last Sunday of January takes place the Party of the Cuadrillas, day in which they meet up with pandas, rounds and groups of music of oral tradition of the southeast Spanish.
The festival was declared of National Tourist Interest in 2011 and has become one of the oldest cultural manifestations of its kind and most important of which are held in Spain.
Article 'The 10 best parties and winter festivals': https://www.niumba.com/blog/2016/12/15/las-10-mejores-fiestas-y-festivales-de-invierno-2017/
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz