Burial of the Sardine

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Spanish tradition carnival ceremony ritual

Burial of the Sardine is a traditional Spanish carnival ceremony in which a symbolic sardine effigy is paraded and burned to mark the humorous, ritual end of the festivities and the beginning of Lent.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Entierro de la Sardina 1
Entierro de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish tradition ⓘ
carnival ceremony ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
associatedWith Ash Wednesday NERFINISHED ⓘ
start of fasting period ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
culturalContext Spanish popular culture ⓘ
follows carnival ⓘ
genre carnival folk custom ⓘ
folk ritual ⓘ
hasPart bonfire ⓘ
burning of the effigy ⓘ
costumes ⓘ
fireworks ⓘ
humorous mourning ⓘ
mock funeral procession ⓘ
music ⓘ
parade ⓘ
public gathering ⓘ
reading of mock wills ⓘ
satire ⓘ
street performances ⓘ
hasSpanishName Entierro de la Sardina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSymbol sardine effigy ⓘ
hasTone festive ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
mock funereal ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
marksBeginningOf Lent NERFINISHED ⓘ
marksEndOf carnival festivities ⓘ
performedBy civic associations ⓘ
costumed participants ⓘ
local communities ⓘ
performedIn Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murcia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish cities ⓘ
other towns in Spain ⓘ
precededBy carnival celebrations ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
symbolizes end of excess and indulgence ⓘ
farewell to meat and rich foods ⓘ
mock burial of vices ⓘ
purification by fire ⓘ
transition from carnival to Lent ⓘ
typicalTimeOfYear end of carnival season ⓘ
late winter ⓘ
uses sardine effigy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria → includesEvent → Burial of the Sardine ⓘ
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife → mainEvent → Burial of the Sardine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Entierro de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine)
Spring Festival of Murcia → relatedTo → Burial of the Sardine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Entierro de la Sardina