Artistic Representation
One of the most famous zarzuela (Spanish operetta) pieces in the género chico ("smaller genre") is La Verbena de la Paloma ("The Fair of the Dove") set at a verbena on the night of the Virgin of the Paloma, August 14 ; it was also made into a 1963 movie.
There is also a 1939 film called Verbena Tragica ( also known as Tragic Festival).
The song Verbena de San Cayetano celebrates a verbena in Madrid.
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