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Xàbia prepares for the festivities of San Antonio and Sant Sebastià

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Start date: January 12, 2018
Finish date: January 21, 2018
Event type: Party
Site: Historic Center and Duanes de la Mar
Schedule: See schedule
Event finished

El councilman Festival Xàbia, Tony Miragall, together with the representative of the CAE El Tirasset, Miguel Alentado, have presented the acts that will be organized on the festival in honor of San Antonio Abad. The first act with which the parties start is organized by the Penya La Burrera, which consists of a parade through the historic center and Customs of the Sea. This event will be next Friday January 12.

To follow the weekend, on Saturday, the Tirasset will move the pine to the area of ​​Raval de Sant Antoni to burn it tonight. This event celebrates this 2018 its 20 anniversary. On Sunday, at the 11 in the morning, there will be a parade of cavalries and chariots to the Plaza de la Constitución where the blessing of the animals will take place.

On Wednesday 17, Patron's Day, the Penya la Burrera, after the mass to be celebrated in the Parish of Loreto, will celebrate in Plaza Adolfo Suárez, the blessing of animals. In addition, add that on the occasion of these festivities, until next February 4, the Avenida de Palmela will be installed the amusement fair and Porrat.

The festival commission of San Sebastián and the ACT of Xàbia

On the other hand, during this month of January there are also parties in honor of Sant Sebastià, patron of Xàbia. The party councilor, Toni Miragall, together with the president of the festival commission of San Sebastian, Vicente Salvador and the president of the ACT Guillermo Bolufer, have announced the events that will take place during the weekend of the 19 to the 21.

The mayor pointed out that "For some years the two commissions have joined together to make a joint and more colorful commitment. Bullfighting events will be in the Plaça de l'Esglèsia and Plaça de Baix and two cars will also be held in the Placeta del Convent".

For the days of these traditional festivals, during the day of Saturday 20, in addition to the bullfighting events highlights the parade through the historic center, a storyteller to the House of Culture, the solemn mass in honor of the patron saint and Sunday 21 will be the cycling test of the Volta to the Navy.

As for the bullfighting activities dedicated to the little ones, both Saturday and Sunday there will be release of carretons. Guillermo Bolufer stressed that Xàbia starts the bullfighting season in the province of Alicante and this year they have the collaboration of a company that will place cadavers in the Plaza de Baix for the public and the private cadavers will be mounted in the Plaza de la Iglesia, "With this system you win in security because people can pass without entering the arena since there will be two doors located on both sides of the square", explained Bolufer.

By the way, to questions of this wording if the Socialist Party reconsidered that the Bou embolat, the response of the party councilor was blunt, "no".

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