The "Correllengua" reaches Menorca on Saturday

Next Saturday, October 26, the flame of the "Correllengua" will travel round the towns of Menorca. This will be the first time that this symbolic event, in favour of the Catalan language, reaches the island, which "represents a success for the Correllengua of this year that hopes to have continuity in the future" according to the CAL, the organizers.

The flame of the language, the cohesion element of the whole initiative, will arrive by sea at the Port of Cales Fonts, in Es Castell, and will travel from one end of the island to the other, passing through Sant Lluís, Maó, Alaior, Es Mercadal, Es Migjorn Gran, Ferreries and Ciutadella. The torch will travel from hand to hand and will stop in each town and village giving way to the reading of the Manifiest. Cultural and entertaining activities will accompany the celebration. The lunch will take place in Mercadal and the end of the fiesta in Ciutadella. The closure, that will be held as from 6 p.m. in the Cathedral square, will include children's entertainment and music with Pinyeta Pinyol, stories, fables, a dance with groups from the federation FEMEFOLK and "glossats" (local rhymes). The final point will be placed by s'Albaida with a concert of traditional music. The event has the support by the Consell de Menorca, the town councils and all the people and groups that participate freely in the day.

This sixth edition of the Correllengua, held throughout the Catalan speaking territory, will end on November 9 in Perpignan.

Date of publication: 23/10/2002

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