Christmas lights in Soller
Christmas lights in Soller.
La Beata is really La Beateta, a six-year-old girl
La Beata is really La Beateta, a six-year-old girl.
The Blessed in Palma
Of the various fiestas for Santa Catalina Thomàs, La Beata, none of them owe anything to the dates for her birth or death or for her beatification and canonisation.
Strange characters at Mallorca’s fairs
Llucmajor celebrates its second and third fairs this weekend, the Saturday fair being Fira Frikijor - fantasy, superheroes, cosplay, and so on. A bit freaky in other words.
Alcudia. Town festivities. The giant-headed figure group s'estol del rei en jaume celebrates 20 years
Alcudia. Town festivities. The giant-headed figure group S'Estol del Rei en jaume celebrates 20 years in this file photo.
Can Det estate in Soller
At Can Det, they continue to use the soft wicker baskets and traditional hydraulic presses in order to preserve the practices that bear so much historical and family significance.
The Cavallets Cotoners dance in Llucmajor
The traditional dances, recovered 23 years ago, were the protagonists yesterday of the festivities of Santa Candida.
Moors and Christian celebrate this annual event on August 2nd
Moors and Christian celebrate this annual event on August 2nd.
Mallorcan folklore is not a fossil, folklore is alive
A new episode of the video series by German TV journalist Sibylle Tiessen is about Gabriel Frontera Mestre, who is keeping the traditional Mallorcan folk dance Ball de Bot alive.
The Mallorcans! Chapter 17 Gabriel Frontera
Gabriel Frontera Mestre, who keeps the traditional Mallorcan folk dance "bal de bot" alive. Presented by TUI. Video by Nova Producciones (Video lasts 6 minutes 51 seconds)
Al fresco dining in Mallorca
To many, nothing ever seems more idyllic than a balmy, summer’s evening spent outdoors in Mallorca with friends and loved ones.
Moors and Christians Battle: Soller Firó in images
Arguably the most spectacular fiesta event of the year in Mallorca.
Carnival Capers in Mancor de la Vall
Peaceful and quiet it may be, but the inhabitants of Mancor de la Vall are far from retiring or boring.
Sant Antoni and the Fires of Abstinence
Yet who was this sainted man? And what made him so intriguing to the people of Mallorca, that his existence is still been celebrated 1,660 years after his death?
Saint Sebastian away from Palma
While there are bonfires for Sant Sebastià in parts of Mallorca, albeit these are difficult to distinguish from bonfires for Sant Antoni, there is little by way of organised celebration. Tradition in Pollensa perhaps helps to explain why. Once upon a time, Sebastià was Pollensa's winter patron. This patronage passed to Antoni and was in keeping with how many parts of Mallorca made Antoni not just their winter saint but also adopted saint. Curiously though, tradition was maintained, and so on the evening of the day of Sebastià each year there are events in honour of the saint. One of these is the dance of the cavallets, and Pollensa is also a little odd in this respect in that the dancers are adults; they are normally children elsewhere in Mallorca. The horse figures are larger and more elaborate than others, probably because adults wear them and not children.
Sant Antoni: The accidental and unofficial saint of Mallorca
Fifteen years ago, Felip Munar, professor of popular culture at the University of the Balearic Islands, argued that the day of Sant Antoni (January 17) should be a public holiday in the Balearics and especially in Mallorca.
Mallorca crafts, customs and culture
Esclata-Sangs are a mushroom with a romantic legend attached to their very expensive stalks.
Sankt Martin celebration returns to Puerto Portals
The traditional celebration of Sankt Martin returns to Puerto Portals.
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Christmas in the Soller Valley: Tradition, triumphs, and a touch of perspective
Christmas is a mixed goody bag for us all which becomes three holidays in Soller.
Shirley Roberts20/12/2024 11:05