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elementor-element-e91a466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e91a466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">CULTURE - TRADITION - DIETARY HABITS  <span style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5989939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5989939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">*The full text of this article is available as PDF below<span lang=\"BG\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2211a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2211a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>Religious composition<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barcelona_Cathedral\">St. Eulalia&#8217;s Roman Catholic Cathedral<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p><p>The major <strong>religion in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\"><strong>Spain<\/strong><\/a> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Church_in_Spain\">Catholic Christianity<\/a> since the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reconquista\">Reconquista<\/a>, with a small minority of other Christian and non-Christian religions and high levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secularization\">secularization<\/a> as of 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Religion_in_Spain&amp;action=edit\"><sup>[update]<\/sup><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pew_Research_Center\">Pew Research Center<\/a> ranked Spain as the 16th out of 34 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\">European<\/a> countries in levels of religiosity, which is lower than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portugal\">Portugal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\">Poland<\/a>, but much higher than the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordic_countries\">Nordic countries<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> There is no <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Official_religion\">official religion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_freedom\">religious freedom<\/a> is protected: the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Spain\">Spanish Constitution of 1978<\/a> abolished <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Church\">Catholicism<\/a> as the official state religion, while recognizing the role it plays in Spanish society.<\/p><p>Catholicism has been present in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iberian_Peninsula\">Iberian Peninsula<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispania\">Roman times<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\">Spanish Empire<\/a> spread it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippine_islands\">Philippine islands<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispanic_America\">Latin America<\/a>, which are now predominantly Catholic countries.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-7\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-8\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a> However, since the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francoist_Spain\">Francoist dictatorship<\/a> practical <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secularization\">secularization<\/a> has grew strongly.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-9\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-CIS2019-1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-LeMonde-10\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-cbn1-11\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-NYT-12\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-CSMONITOR-13\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a> Only 3% of Spaniards consider religion as one of their three most important values, even lower than the 5% European average.<\/p><p>A Survey published in 2019 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pew_Research_Center\">Pew Research Center<\/a> found that 54% of Spaniards had a favorable view of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam_in_Spain\">Muslims<\/a>, while 76% had a favorable view about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judaism_in_Spain\">Jews<\/a>. Spain has been seen as a <em>graveyard for Protestant missionaries<\/em>: \u00a0only 1% of the population of Spain is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protestantism_in_Spain\">Protestant<\/a> and 92% of Spain&#8217;s 8,131 villages do not have any evangelical protestant church.<\/p><p>According to the Spanish Center for Sociological Research, 71.1% of Spanish citizens self-identify as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholics\">Catholics<\/a>, (46.6% define themselves as not practising, while 24.5% as practising), 2.3% as followers of other faiths (including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam\">Islam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protestantism\">Protestant Christianity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\">Buddhism<\/a> etc.), and 25.4% identify as atheists (11.1%), agnostics (6.5%) or non-believers (7.8%) as of October\u00a02019<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Religion_in_Spain&amp;action=edit\"><sup>[update]<\/sup><\/a>. Most Spaniards do not participate regularly in religious worship. This same study shows that of the Spaniards who identify themselves as religious, 29.1% never attend mass, 30.8% barely ever attend mass, 16.2% attend mass a few times a year, 7.4% two or three times per month, 13.0% every Sunday holidays, and 2.1% multiple times per week.<\/p><p>Although a majority of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, many younger generations ignore the Church&#8217;s moral doctrines on issues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-marital_sex\">pre-marital sex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_orientation\">sexual orientation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marriage\">marriage<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contraception\">contraception<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-LeMonde-10\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-cbn1-11\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-DAWN-21\"><sup>[21]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-WWRN-22\"><sup>[22]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-NYT-12\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-CSMONITOR-13\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a> The total number of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church\">parish priests<\/a> shrank from 24,300 in 1975 to 18,500 in 2018, with an average age of 65.5 years.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-INFOCAT2018-23\"><sup>[23]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-ESTADISTICA2005-24\"><sup>[24]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_in_Spain#cite_note-LV2016-25\"><sup>[25]<\/sup><\/a> By contrast, some expressions of popular religiosity still thrive, often linked to local festivals<\/p><p><strong>Religious self-definition in Spain<\/strong> (October 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_de_Investigaciones_Sociol%C3%B3gicas\">CIS<\/a> survey)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5ebb8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5ebb8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1eeb6e\" data-id=\"e1eeb6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ece6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"24ece6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Non-Practising Catholic <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-info\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"46.6\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"46.6\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">46.6%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7119216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"7119216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Practising Catholic<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"24.5\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"24.5\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">24.5%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7062691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"7062691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Atheist<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"11.1\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"11.1\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">11.1%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d89577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"2d89577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Indifferent\/Non-believer <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"7.8\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"7.8\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">7.8%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546bddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"546bddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Agnostic<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"6.5\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"6.5\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">6.5%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3181db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"3181db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Other denominations and religions <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"2.3\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"2.3\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">2.3%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c7a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"f5c7a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\">Did not answer <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"1.2\" aria-valuetext=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"1.2\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">1.2%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9508758 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9508758\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6706c0\" data-id=\"a6706c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-642b44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"642b44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>*(information from Wikipedia free encyclopedia)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ac93e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac93e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebcfcca\" data-id=\"ebcfcca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04f8e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b04f8e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Popular religion: However, some expressions of popular religiosity still thrive, often linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_festival\">Christian festivals<\/a> and local <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patron_saint\">patron saints<\/a>. World-famous examples include the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Week_in_Seville\">Holy Week in Seville<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romer%C3%ADa_de_El_Roc%C3%ADo\">Romer\u00eda de El Roc\u00edo<\/a> in Huelva or the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mystery_Play_of_Elche\">Mystery Play of Elche<\/a>, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Ferm%C3%ADn\">Sanfermines in Pamplona<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falles\">Falles of Valencia<\/a> have mostly lost their original religious nature. The continuing success of these festivals is the result of a mix of religious, cultural, social and economic factors including sincere devotion, local or family traditions, non-religious <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival\">fiesta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Party\">partying<\/a>, perceived beauty, cultural significance, territorial identity, meeting friends and relatives, increased sales and a massive influx of tourists to the largest ones. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camino_de_Santiago\">Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela<\/a> is not so popular among Spaniards but it attracts many visitors too. Most if not all cities and towns celebrate a patron saint&#8217;s festival or similar, no matter how small or known, which often includes <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Procession\">processions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_(liturgy)\">Mass<\/a> and the like but whose actual religious following is variable and sometimes merely nominal.<\/p><p>Another trend among Spanish believers is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_syncretism\">syncretism<\/a>, often defined as <em>religi\u00f3n a la carta<\/em>. In <em>religion <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%80_la_carte\"><em>\u00e0 la carte<\/em><\/a>, people mix popular Roman Catholic beliefs and traditions with their own <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_view\">worldview<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esoteric\">esoteric<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-help\">self-help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Age\">New Age<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philosophy\">philosophical<\/a> borrowings they like, resulting in a unique personal &#8216;soft&#8217; spirituality without any possible church. These people typically self-define themselves as Catholics, but they only attend church for christenings, funerals or weddings and are not actual followers. Unbelievers are, by definition, not syncretic or otherwise.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basharat_Mosque\">Basharat Mosque<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedro_Abad\">Pedro Abad<\/a>, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Community\">Ahmadiyya Muslim Community<\/a>, was the first mosque to be built in modern Spain.<\/p><p>Islam: the recent waves of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immigration_to_Spain\">immigration<\/a>, especially during and after the 1990s, have led to an increasing number of Muslims and Protestants. Nowadays, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam_in_Spain\">Islam<\/a> is the second largest religion, but far behind Roman Catholicism and irreligion. A study made by <em>Uni\u00f3n de comunidades isl\u00e1micas de Espa\u00f1a<\/em> showed that there were almost 1,900,000 inhabitants of Muslim background living in Spain in 2016 (4% of the total population.) The vast majority was composed of immigrants and descendants originating from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco\">Morocco<\/a> and other North African\/Arab countries. Almost 780,000 of them had Spanish nationality.<\/p><p>Judaism in Spain: \u00a0account for less than 0.2 percent of the population, mostly in Barcelona, Madrid and Murcia.<\/p><p>Minor religions: The Buddhist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benalm%C3%A1dena_Stupa\">Benalm\u00e1dena Stupa<\/a> opened in 2003 in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andalusia\">Andalusia<\/a> is considered the largest in Europe.<\/p><p>Besides various varieties of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the non-religious, Spain also has small groups of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hinduism_in_Spain\">Hindus<\/a>, Buddhists, Pagans, Taoists, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_Spain\">Bah\u00e1&#8217;\u00eds<\/a>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\">Buddhism<\/a> didn&#8217;t arrive in Spain until the late 20th century. According to an estimation, there are around 65,000 followers and an indeterminate number of sympathizers.<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\"><em><sup>citation needed<\/sup><\/em><\/a><sup>]<\/sup> However, some of its teachings, like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reincarnation\">reincarnation<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma\">karma<\/a>, have partially syncretized with the cultural mainstream via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Age\">New Age<\/a>-style movements.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acd4d18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acd4d18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64b0cf6\" data-id=\"64b0cf6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0e97e elementor-button-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3f0e97e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6_CULTURE_TRAD_DIET-SPAIN.pdf\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-document\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">MORE INFO<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country at a glance Language Governance system Geographical \u2013 Demographic information Education \u2013 Health \u2013 Labour Culture \u2013 Tradition \u2013 Dietary Habits Employment Entrepreneurship Immigration Policy Services \u2013 Institutions X SPAIN CULTURE &#8211; TRADITION &#8211; DIETARY HABITS *The full text of this article is available as PDF below. 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