Anaya, Segovia


Anaya is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census, the municipality had a population of 136 inhabitants.

Geography

The village lies in the vicinity of the, a tributary of the Eresma.

Folklore

"La Sierra Vieja" is a children festival celebrated in the third Thursday of Lent in the village, involving boys and girls going around the village with scapulars asking folks for money or eggs.
A version of a ballad of the romancero vulgar, La infanticida, recorded in the village in 1983, features jews portraying devils.