America Day in Asturias

The Asturian capital, Oviedo/Uviéu, has always had a cosmopolitan, supportive and cross-cultural vocation. A vocation for culture, festivals and social and human relations. Well, America's Day in Asturias is a clear exponent of all of this, brought together in a single, unforgettable day.

America Day in Asturias was celebrated for the first time in 1950, and since then it has been held every year on 19 September, as part of the San Mateo festivities. It is a parade of folklore and floats, in which both Asturian culture and the culture of those Latin American countries to which Asturians have traditionally emigrated take centre stage, and there are even references to European countries that have also welcomed groups of Asturians.

Some figures in the parade, such as Telva and Pinón, are a heartfelt tribute to the founder of the parade, the brilliant cartoonist Alfonso Iglesias, who with his graphic humour, intelligent and rooted in Asturian identity, elevated Asturian culture to modern art.

A real bath of union between cultures, original and very pleasant.

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