Event
Festa dos Maios
Festival · around 1 May (in Ourense, the 3rd) · Galicia
- Date
- around 1 May (in Ourense, the 3rd)
- Place
- Galicia
Popular festival of ancestral origins held in spring, usually on 1 May, although in Ourense it is traditionally held on the 3rd. In the past it had ritual connotations linked to the deity of spring or of trees, which have faded over time. The Festa dos Maios of Ourense, on 3 May, is declared a Festival of Tourist Interest of Galicia.