Alicante Festvals
Costa Blanca Details
As such festivals are organized
with the characteristics of 1928 and its originator, Py Jose Maria Ramirez de
Cartagena. The opening celebrations are initiated by raising stakes, monuments
of art of papier-mâché, and polychrome wood on the evening of June
20, burning for four days after the launch from the top of
Throughout the
holidays there is an extensive program of events such as parades, rides, gifts,
bullfights, musical performances, sports tournaments, and many more. There are
parties on the street, where people can eat and dance in the barracks, tasting
the typical coca amb tonyina (cake tuna) and bacores (Brevas).
The party has its
queen, the Belleair Foc, chosen from among those who are “beauties” of each
district, and they become living representation of the party. In the days after
the fires, there are fireworks that shoot from
Easter Alicantino
Semana Santa in
The best known are the
processions of Palm Sunday (the burrito), involving many people; Santa Cruz, on
Wednesday, with over a thousand people; and four step brothers, the most
valuable of the Descent. Among the carvings are of the Great Power and Hope,
which are displayed in the processions of Holy Wednesday Sevillan style.
Monasterio de Santa Faz (
It is a pilgrimage of 8
km and is five centuries old. It begins at the St. Nicholas Concatedral
(religious) or City Hall (Civic) and ends at the Monastery of the Holy Face,
where a venerated shrine containing a piece cloth with marks from the face of
Christ is located.
This relic was brought
by the priest of
The Bonfires of San
Juan are the festivals in
Moros y Cristianos
The festival of Moors
and Christians in the city of Alicante, unlike those held in other localities
of the province, where it dumps the entire population, are held only in five
districts: Villafranqueza, March 12–19; San Blas from June 9–12; Rebolledo,
from June 29 to July 2; Altozano, from August 12–16; and Barrio Jose Antonio, from
August 24–28.
The festivities
usually start with the announcement of festa (feast notice), a gala parade in
costumes, which gives way to the Nit de l’Olla (“Night of the Pot”), which is
an opening. Acts (such as Diana and the Awakening) and parades (the inputs)
lead to the Embassy and the Alarde, representing the Christian side’s symbolic “win”
symbolically to dwell. The final point “puts the toilet,” a parade humorous
tone.
Since 1993 the
Federation of Alicante Moors and Christians has aimed to achieve joint goals
from the efforts of the five neighborhoods that celebrate the holidays.
Other Events
Furthermore,
Christmas
During the celebration,
there are activities the residents have taken part in since 1959. The
Association of Belen de Alicante has installed monumental scenes at City Hall,
Plaza de La Montaneta, Caja Mediterraneo, and there is a major exhibition in
the palace of the county council.
It also organizes
competitions in the province capital, with schools writing letters to the Magi,
the Pregon Christmas, Christmas concerts, etc. For this work they receive a
clamorous welcome from outsiders and residents of
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