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JANUARY
5th.
Palma, Maó, Ciutadella, Eivissa:Procession of the three Kings.
16th.
Sa Pobla, Artà, Costixt, Manacor, Sant Joan, Maó, Es Castell,
Fornells, Es Mercadal, Sant Climent, Sant Lluís:“Revetla de Sant
Antoni Abat”. Huge bonfires or “foguerons” are built on the night
before the Saint’s day and on the day itself, and everybody dances round
them in fancy dress. In Sa Pobla, they sample the traditional “espinagades”.
17th.
Palma, Costixt, Manacor, Sant Joan, Sa Pobla, Petra:“Beneïdes de Sant
Antoni” . Pollença: “Pi de Sant Antoni”. Ciutadella: “Processó
dels tres focs”, commemorating the entry of Alfons III into the Musulmán
Ciutadella.Sant Antoni de Portmany: Fiesta of the patron Saint.
19th.
Palma, Costixt: “Revetla de Sant Sebastià” . Bonifires are lit on
the night before the Saint’s day.
20th.
Palma: Sant Sebastià, The fiesta of the patron Saint.Pollença:
Sant Sebastià, a procession which features the Saint’s Standard,
flanked by “cavallets” .
21th.
Santa Agnès: local Fiestas.
FEBRUARY
10th.Carnival
Carnival Parades are held all over the island. “Sa Rua” is the name of
the Parade in Palma, Platja de Palma, Palma Nova and Magalluf.
12th.
Santa Eulària: local Fiestas
MARCH/APRIL
1st. Thursday:HolyWeek
Palma, Maó: Holy Thursday and Good Friday processions. Eivissa:
“procesión del Silencio”. Sineu: Good Friday Procession. Pollença:
Good Friday, “Davallament”. Ciutadella: “Matances dels bujots”. Palma and
villages: “pancaritat” or “Festa de l’Àngel”.
19th. Sant
Josep: local Fiestas.
2nd.
Sant Francesc: local Fiestas.
5th.
Sant Vicenç de sa Cala: local Fiestas.
23rd.
Sant Jordi: local Fiestas.
MAY
1st.Sunday Santa Eulària del Riu: “Festes de Maig”
2nd.Sunday
Sóller: “Festes de Moros i Cristians”, “Ses valentes dones”, celebrates
the vistory over the Turkish pirates in 1561. Eivissa en flor: “Mercat
Vell”.
JUNE
13th.
Artà: “Sant Antoni de Juny” with the participation of the “cavallets”.
Pollença: Corpus Christi, “Ball de les Ágiles”. Thursday
after the Holy Trinity.
23th.TO 25th.
Ciutadella: “Festes de Sant Joan”. Riders and horses in exiting games and
races of medieval origin.
23rd.
Santa Eulària del Riu, Eivissa: “Focs de la Nit de Sant Joan”.
24th.
Muro, Formentera, Sant Joan de Labritja: “Festes de Sant Joan” with fiestas
in the streets, bulls, theatrical productions, etc.Sant Joan: “Festa del
sol que balla”.
29th.
Palma, Port d’Alcúdia, Andratx: “Festes patronals de Sant Pere”,
a sea-land procession.
30th.
Marratxí: “Romeria de Sant Marçal”, with exhibition and market
featuring “siurells” (Mallorca whistles) and other clay articles.
JULY
2nd.
Alcudia: “Romeria de la Verge de Victòria”.
9th.
Ciutadella: “Festa patriótica del 9 de Juliol”
10th.
Eivissa: Sant Cristòfol, the patron Saint.
3rd.Sunday
Mercadal: “Festes patronals de Sant Martí”, altractive equestrian
parade.
16th.
Port d’Alcúdia, Cala Ratjada, Port de Pollença, Port de Sóller,
Maó, Ciutadella, Fornells, Eivissa: “Festes de la Verge del Carme”,
sea-land procession in honour of the Patron Saint of seafarers and fishermen.
25th.
Alcudia, Calvià, Binissalem, Muro, Santanyí, Portocolom (Mallorca),
Es Castell (Menorca): “Festes de Sant Jaume”. “colcada” with the “caixers”
who go through the streets on horseback wearing the typical clothes.
LastSunday Fornells: local
Fiestas
28th.
Valldemossa: “Festes de Santa Catalina Thomàs”. The “Carro de la
Beata” and other flotas go in procession around the steets of the village.
AUGUST
2nd.
Pollença: Nostra Senyora dels Angels, re-enaction of the battle
between the Moros and the Christians.
5th.
Eivissa: Nostra Senyora de les Neus, patron Saint of Ibiza, local Fiestas.
1st.
Sunday Llumaçanes, Migjorn Gran: local Fiestas.
6th.
Eivissa: Sant Salvador, patron Saint of the sea in Ibiza, local Fiestas.
8th.
Eivissa: Sant Ciriac, patron Saint of Ibiza, local Fiestas.
10th.
Selva: “Festes Patronals de Sant Llorenç”. Alaïor: “Festes
de Sant Llorenç”. Sant Llorenç: local Fiestas.
15th.
TO 24th. Sant Antoni: “Festes Patronals de Sant Bartomeu”.Cala Llonga:
local Fiestas.
23rd. AND 24th.
Montuïri: “Festes Patronals de Sant Bartomeu”. “Cossiers”.
23rd. -25th.
Ferreries: “Festes patronals de Sant Bartomeu”. “Caixers”.
24th.
Capdepera: “Festes Patronals de Sant Bartomeu”, typical trotting races.
28th.
Felanitx: Sant Agustí, medieval dance of “els cavllets”
29th.
Sant Joan: “Festes Patronals”, sports competition “tir de bassetja” or
“fona”.
LastSunday Sant Lluís:
local Fiestas.
SEPTEMBER
3rd.
Santa Margalida: “Processó de la Beata”.
7th. -9th.
Maó: “Festes de Nostra Senyora de Gràcia”. Jesús (Ibiza):
local Fiestas.
21st.
Bunyola: “Festes de Sant Mateu”.
LastSunday Binissalem: “Festes
des Vermar”.
29th.
Sant Miquel (Ibiza): local Fiestas.
OCTOBER
1st.
Sunday Sant Joan: “Torrada des Botifarró”, of the local sausage,
on bonfires, with regional dances with “xeremies i capgrossos”.
24th.
Sant Rafel de sa Creu (Ibiza): “Festes patronals”.
3rd.
Sunday Palma: Santa Catalina Thomàs, “la Beateta”. A procession
similar to the one held in Valdemossa with flotas from all over the Island.
NOVEMBER
4th.
Sant Carles (Ibiza): “Festa patronal”.
Dijous Bó Inca: “Dijous
Bó”.
16th.
Santa Gertrudis (Ibiza): “Festa patronal”.
30th.
Santanyí: “Festa des Patró Sant Andreu”.
DECEMBER
3rd.
Sant Francesc Xavier (Formentera): local Fiestas.
31st.
Palma: “Festa de l’Estendard”, commemoratesthe day of the Christian conquest
of the city by King Jaume I in 1229.
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