It’s August and it’s hot!
On the third Friday of August in Sóller , several days of fiesta begin to celebrate its patron, Saint Bartholomew, to whom the iconic church which dominates the plaza is dedicated.
Featuring art exhibitions, theatre, artisan crafts, sporting events and the funfair rides into town ! Night after night, there is music and dancing in the plaza.
The most important day of the festivities is the 24th of August, the Saint’s Day of Bartholomew. After the celebrations on the 24th, there is still one last evening of celebrations – Nit de Foc (Night of Fire), a pyrotechnic spectacular in the main square where the ‘Esclatabutzes de Sóller’, a collective of local performers dressed in sackcloth and bird-man masks take on the crowd with fire.
To a drum beat and wheeling fire-spinning beasts, the troop perform a correfoc (a fire – run) wielding catherine-wheels above their heads spraying the crowds with showers of sparks.
It’s loud, wild and and unique. If you are in Mallorca in August, head to Sóller for the feast of Saint Bartholomew. You can be sure that sparks will fly !
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