Fiestas for Carnival: "En Camestortes" in Algaida

Once again the island of Mallorca is preparing to celebrate the anual Carnival festivities. "Dijous Llarder" – which this year is on February 7 - maks the start of the celebrations and festive events that will last until Ash Wednesday, last day of Carnival and first day of Lent, as per tradition. In some towns, such as Capdellà (Calvià), the celebrations have already started this weekend.

In Algaida, this year they will once again live to the full the festivity of En Camestortes, recovered successfully in 2000. En Camestortes is a very complete festivity that gathers together all the elements of carnival: joy, mockery, fancy dress, criticism, inversion, hubbub. It is a festivity in which the death of winter is represented symbolically: the character of En Camestortes is the old year that has to be killed to let in the arrival of spring.

The full programme of the "XIII Rua d'Algaida i Festa d'en Camestortes 2002" on the Catalan version of the news.

More information: Dossier de la Festa Camestortes 2002 (RTF format)

Photos © Archive BalearWeb

Date of publication: 02/02/2002

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