"El Carme", the festivity of the sea folk

There will be celebrations in Es Cubells, Eivissa, Portinatx, Sant Antoni, la Savina...

Next Sunday 16, the Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) will be held, the patroness of the small parish of Es Cubells (municipality of Sant Josep) and all the sea folk. To celebrate this day it is the custom to organise boat processions in the ports of Eivissa, Portinatx, Sant Antoni, la Savina de Formentera...

In Eivissa, the festivity is held on the very day of the Virgin, Sunday July 16 as from 7 p.m. with a mass in the old church of Sant Elm, parish of Sant Salvador de la Marina, followed by a long boat procession round the bay. The same day in Portinatx, after the boat procession, there will be a popular snack. In Sant Antoni the programme will start at 7 p.m. with the traditional mass followed by a procession through the streets of Sant Antoni and finishing with a boat procession round the bay as from 8 p.m. In Es Cubells, the boat procession will take place on the Sunday 23rd, being the last event of the patron saint festivities of this town.

In Formentera, as usual, there will be two boat processions followed by live music and dance. On the 16th the boat procession is held in the port of la Savina; and the following Sunday the procession is held in Es Pujols.

Date of publication: 11/07/2006

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