Majorca Blog

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  1. Carnival: Bull dung and nettles

    22.2.2020Carnival: Bull dung and nettles

    Carnival in Majorca used to be unsophisticated and an occasion for playing tricks.

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  2. The Lives And Deaths Of Los Bravos

    9.2.2020The Lives And Deaths Of Los Bravos

    A legendary group, now re-created, and one marked by tragedy.

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  3. Agatha And The Rains Of Sencelles

    2.2.2020Agatha And The Rains Of Sencelles

    Saint Agatha is the patron saint of Sencelles. But how did this patronage come about?

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  4. The Dragons Of Majorca

    26.1.2020The Dragons Of Majorca

    The dragon features in Majorca's mythology and folklore, and dragons breathe fire at fiesta time.

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  5. The Tourism Visionary Of Campanet

    18.1.2020The Tourism Visionary Of Campanet

    Miquel dels Sants Oliver was born in the small village of Campanet. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was his vision that was to inspire Majorca's tourism.

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  6. Looking For Saint Basilissa

    8.1.2020Looking For Saint Basilissa

    Goig is a word derived from the Latin "gaudium", which means joy, pleasure or delight. There are "goigs" (songs) for various saints at fiesta time.

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  7. The Cock Crows At Midnight

    24.12.2019The Cock Crows At Midnight

    Christmas Eve mass is normally just referred to as Matins, but it is also known as Missa del Gall (Mass of the Cock).

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  8. The Christmas Concert Of 1933

    14.12.2019The Christmas Concert Of 1933

    On Christmas Day 1933 was a drawing-together of elements that established a tradition of Christmas concerts in Majorca.

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  9. Doubting Thomas And The Pigs Of Sineu

    7.12.2019Doubting Thomas And The Pigs Of Sineu

    The Sineu fair (Fira de Sant Tomàs) is the Mostra de Matances, the show of products made from slaughtered pigs, with charcuterie - sobrassada especially - the star of the show.

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  10. Advent, Christmas Lights And Fairs

    28.11.2019Advent, Christmas Lights And Fairs

    The switching-on of the lights in Palma this week is in keeping with how authorisation for illumination for Advent was once given.

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  11. Patterns with Tongues and Bonfires

    24.11.2019Patterns with Tongues and Bonfires

    "Roba de llengües" (cloth of tongues) in Majorca is the only example in Europe of the "ikat" dyeing technique still being used.

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  12. The Other Capital Of Majorca

    13.11.2019The Other Capital Of Majorca

    The capital of the Part Forana. A capital created from rivalry, from industry, from a market, and from a fair.

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