Fornautx: Patron Saint Fiestas

The calendar for the summer fiestas in Mallorca continues and next Saturday it is the day of the "Mare de Déu de Setembre", with celebrations in several towns of the Island: Fornalutx, Banyalbufar, Costitx, Maria de la Salut...

The programme of the Fiestas in Fornalutx is already available on the web sollernet.com. Sports, popular events, children games, theatre, exhibitions, dancing and many other activities integrate the festive proposal of this small village of the Serra de Tramuntana.

One of the most peculiar elements of the fiestas are the activities organized around the "bou" (ox), an old tradition that used to be celebrated in Fornalutx which has recently been recovered. This activities are the "revetlla del bou" (the night of the ox) that will take place on Thursday 6 with music and dance; the arrival of the ox at S'Alqueria, expected on Friday 7 at 8 a.m.; the descent of the ox to the square of the village, the coronation and the parade; and finally, in the afternoon, the distribution of the meat of the ox.

Also on Friday 7, the opening of the stamps exhibition "Exposició Filatèlica Fornalutx" will take place in Ca'n Xoroi at 8.30 p.m., oranized by the Sóler Philately section; and at nigh there will be music and dance with the groups Mal Vici, Fora des Sembrat and Discoteca Mòbil.

As for the events programmed for Saturday, the main day of the Fiestas, worth mentioning is the craft exhibition "Mostra d'Artesans de Sóller" that will start at 10 a.m.

The fiestas will finish on Sunday with teatre by the local group Embolic Teatre and with a big fire work display.

Datum: 03/09/2001

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