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European Capitals of Culture San Sebastian and Wroclaw celebrate the accolade

European Capitals of Culture San Sebastian and Wroclaw celebrate the accolade
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San Sebastian kicked off events as one of this year's European Capitals of Culture with the traditional ''Tamborrada'':https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborrada

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San Sebastian kicked off events as one of this year’s European Capitals of Culture with the traditional ‘‘Tamborrada’‘:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborrada a celebratory drum festival where those taking part dress as soldiers or cooks and march across the city.

VÍDEO: La Marcha de San Sebastián da inicio a 24 horas de fiesta https://t.co/IjfNdQcFWf #tamborrada pic.twitter.com/MEp6Ned7Aw

— EiTB Noticias (eitbNoticias) <a href="https://twitter.com/eitbNoticias/status/689591976669356032">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our neighbour <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SanSebastian?src=hash">#SanSebastian</a> celebrates its biggest festival: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tamborrada?src=hash">#tamborrada</a>: <a href="https://t.co/3D5G7N8ZMq">https://t.co/3D5G7N8ZMq</a>. By <a href="https://twitter.com/EuskoGuide">EuskoGuide pic.twitter.com/KLFB2rIMDo— Hotel Domine Bilbao (DomineBilbao) <a href="https://twitter.com/DomineBilbao/status/689743911452086273">January 20, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>In Poland the city of Wroclaw celebrated the accolade with 'Awakening,':http://www.wroclaw.pl/en/ecc-2016-wroclaw-we-have-awakened-europe four processions led by the four spirits of the city. The Spirit of the Flood, The Spirit of Innovation,The Spirit of Many Faiths and The Spirit of Reconstruction. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">Wrocław awakes! European Capital of Culture 2016 started with a BANG <a href="https://t.co/SFdL5el3tB">https://t.co/SFdL5el3tB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wro2016?src=hash">#wro2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TravelTuesday?src=hash">#TravelTuesday</a> <a href="https://t.co/fOMjjz4pCD">pic.twitter.com/fOMjjz4pCD</a></p>&mdash; Culture.pl (culture_pl) January 19, 2016

Top 8 Things To Do In #Wrocław https://t.co/SWTx828wHL wowtravelme</a> <a href="https://t.co/umcbLiRQhN">pic.twitter.com/umcbLiRQhN</a></p>&mdash; Poland Tourism (Visit_Poland) December 5, 2015

„The Awakening” Finale of the #Wroclaw 2016 ECC Opening Weekend. https://t.co/lHngI09LTB Wro2016</a></p>&mdash; Poland Tourism (Visit_Poland) January 19, 2016

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