Patron saint fiestas at Sant Lluís

Sant Lluís will celebrate from August 14 to 26 the patron saint fiestas, dedicated to Saint Louis, King of France, and from August 30 to September 1 the town will hold the fiestas for Sant Lluïset.

The central part of the programme will take place from August 23 to 25. The activities programmed for Friday 23 will begin at 7.30 p.m. with the popular street parade, followed by theatre, a ceremony in homage to Antònia Gomila Serra, a dance show and the reading of the official proclamation of the fiestas. At 10 p.m. there will be fire races and the day will end with music by the group Tentations.

Bell ringing on Saturday at 4.30 p.m. will announce the start of the street parade with the Band, and the time when the "fabioler" will start the gathering of "caixers". The start of the "Qualcada" presided by the "caixer batle", is expected at 6.30 pm. At 8 p.m. there will be the "solemnes completes" in the church and afterwards the "caixers" will mount their horses and offer the neighbours and visitors the typical "jaleo" in the square of the church, which will end with a "caragol" round the streets of the town. At approximately 11.30 p.m. the dance will start at Sa Creu.

On Sunday, at 8.15 a.m. the groups of giants and giantheads will go round the streets of Sant Lluís and the protocol will continue. At 10.30 a.m. the "Missa de caixers" in the church with the traditional share out of "aigua-ros". Afterwards there will be the typical "Jaleo" before the church with the hand out of green canes and silver spoons. This will be followed by refreshments in the Town Hall with popular sangria. In the evening, there is the traditional float parade and the day ends with the second popular dance and a firework display.

On Monday, the activities will continue and then three days' rest until the "Festes de Sant Lluïset", that will start on Friday August 30 and will continue until Sunday September 1. The fiestas de Sant Lluïset include a popular dance, a rock and roll night on Friday 30; a children's party, the Qualcada de Sant Lluïset, Jaleo and dance on Saturday 31; and clay pigeon shooting, Qualcada, Jaleo, donkey races and dance on Sunday, September 1.

More information on the fiestas de Sant Lluís can be found on www.santlluis.org

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Datum: 12/08/2002

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