Menorca, Els Llumets in Mahon
Each year, Els llumets herald the start of the holiday season in Mahon by climbing down from the tower of the Church of Santa Maria to kindle the Christmas lights.
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March 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Sant Joan, Ciutadella de Menorca
24th June. The fiestas of Sant Joan celebrate the horse, the animal at the centre of all the patron saints’ day celebrations in Menorca’s villages and cities.
March 25, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Fiestas of Sant Martí in Es Mercadal
These popular celebrations feature horses that prance and dance to the beat of typical music during the jaleo. The fiestas of Sant Martí in Es Mercadal, which are celebrated during the third weekend in July, have a medieval origin and feature horses with braided manes and riders decked out in full dress with an array [...]
March 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Menorca, Els Pastorets in Ciutadella
The representation of Els Pastorets heralds the arrival of Christmas. Els Pastorets is a re-enactment of Jesus’ birth that originated in representations of the shepherds’ adoration that townspeople performed in days gone-by during Midnight Mass.
March 14, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mahon Mare de Déu de Gràcia festivities
Every year, Menorca’s capital city of Mahon decks itself out to the full to celebrate its patron saint’s day fiestas in honour of the Mare de Déu de Gràcia.
March 3, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Menorca Carnival Party in Alaior
Fancy dress balls, a parade of floats, competitions between groups of singers and the burial of Carnestoltes, or carnival, are the main events in the most daring of all Menorca’s fiestas. March-april.
March 2, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post