Patron saint fiestas at Sant Lluís

Sant Lluís will celebrate from August 22 to September 1 the patron saint fiestas, dedicated to Saint Louis, King of France. The central part of the programme will take place on August 30 and 31.

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 6.00 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.

The complete program is available in PDF format.

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Datum: 19/08/2003

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