The horse fiestas reach Es Mercadal and Fornells

Es Mercadal is holding the fiestas de Sant Martí at the moment, and these star the horses and their riders, like the other patron saint festivities held during the summer all over the island, starting with Sant Joan in Ciutadella.

The Festes de Sant Martí 2002 started last Thursday with the XIX Torneig Raqueta de Plata and the artisan market, and will continue until Monday, July 22 with a complete programme that includes, besides the medieval events that govern the protocol of the fiestas (qualcada de caixers, jaleo, caragols, completes...) to be held on on Saturday and Sunday of Sant Marti, July 20 and 21, a whole series of cultural activities such as the prize giving "Premi d'investigació sobre es Mercadal i Fornells 2002" (Thursday 18 at 9 p.m.), and the concerts given in the fiestas by the Banda de Música de Montuïri, the Ampurdan group Havana songs Duet and the Mallorcan group Cap-Pela, amongst others.

The complete programme can be consulted in Word format and on the page of the Col·legi Públic Mare de Déu del Toro of Es Mercadal an interesting work dedicated to the Festes de Sant Martí can be found. Moreover there is information about the Fiestas on the new web of the Es Mercadal Town Council.

Meanwhile, on July 27 and 28, the fourth weekend in July, according to tradition, the festivities of Sant Antoni will be held in Fornells, a neighbouring town to Es Mercadal, that belongs to the same municipality. Here too the horses and their riders will be the protagonists.

Photo © BalearWeb: Es Mercadal and Fornells

Date of publication: 15/07/2002

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