Starting with the feasts of the Holy Child in Valverde de Júcar (Cuenca) from 5th-9th January, and ending with the festival of the
Moorish King (Rey Moro) in Agost (Alicante) on 28th December, almost one hundred and fifty celebrations of Moors and Christians
take place throughout the length and breadth of the country. The provinces of Alicante, Cuenca, Granada, Cáceres, Valencia, Saragossa, Toledo,
Albacete, island of La Palma, Murcia, Huesca, Almería, Mallorca, Cádiz, Jaén, Teruel, Castellón and Orense witness these
events which take the form of battles, processions, displays, speeches, plays and ancient dances. The majority are found in Alicante where the festivities
become livelier and more numerous as the days pass. The most traditional are in Alcoy. In Galicia, they are performed by A. Sainza's group of
mouros e cristiás in the town of Rairiz de Veiga (Orense). The dramatized version takes place above all in Granada, and more exactly
amid the beautiful scenery of Las Alpujarras, whilst in Aragón the religious confrontations take the form of dances.
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