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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