The Mig Any de Moros i Cristians de Xàbia festival is a special and significant event for all those who make up these festivals since it represents the beginning of a new edition and the closing of the previous one. Undoubtedly, this date serves as an excuse to meet people again, remember past parties and of course, start organizing those to come.
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When is celebrated
The Mig Any (Half Year) means that they are just in the middle of the holidays; Six months have passed since the last ones and there are six months left until the next ones. The exact date of celebration of this day in Xàbia would be the third week of the new year, although it is usually celebrated in the month of February - this 2024 it will be on February 16 and 17.
Origin of the Mig Any party
Since its inception, this party was always celebrated internally; but in 1996 is when it began to open up more externally, involving people on the street. For this, in that year, an exhibition of costumes was organized in the Café d'Art (an old cafe with an exhibition hall) and a small entraeta (parade of filaes).
From that year on, the Mig Any party started to get big. The lunch and the food of all the filaes together on Avenida Jaime I or Calle Triana, depending on the year, was an appointment that arose and is still present today, although with some modifications. Along with this act, enter them It is also one of the events that fill the streets of Duanes de la Mar with color and atmosphere in the first days of February.
In 1997, the presentation of festive positions (captains and flag bearers) was incorporated into this celebration, making known at a joint dinner the people who will represent the festivities in the next year.
Over the years and given the economic situation, in 2013, this act changes and is held at noon since the food is eliminated from the traditional pot, and it is from there that this appointment is established as a meal.
Mig Any Programming
The Mig Any events start on Friday night with a informal entraeta that runs through some streets of the fishing neighborhood of Duanes de la Mar. An event that was recovered in 2023, after having been lost for years. Later, the rows take advantage of the date to have dinner at their homes.
On Saturday the party program continues with the popular lunch, and at noon, around 12:00 hours, a entraeta to the sound of the Moorish and Christian marches.
At the end, the festeros go to celebrate the Gala meal in which they officially announce the positions of the parties. The Flaggers and Captains perform the traditional change of powers.
Neighbors, visitors and tourists are invited to participate and fill this celebration with atmosphere with which it has a complete programming.
Previous editions
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in 2021, the Board of Festes de Moros i Cristians de Xàbia decided to suspend the celebration of the acts of the Mig Any Fester. With this decision, the traditional meeting of coexistence and reunion was annulled, being for the moment, the only year in which it has not been celebrated since the beginning of these festivities.
You can see the chronicles and images of the Mig Any acts from previous years in these links: 2023 - 2020- 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013.
