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# Festivals in Ibiza
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## From the festival of Sant Joan to the Festes de la Terra, Ibiza's
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festivals are vibrant, colourful and often deeply moving.
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![Ibiza's festivals are both important cultural events and a great excuse for
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a street party. ][1]
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Ibiza's festivals are both important cultural events and a great excuse for a
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street party.
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12:40PM BST 24 Aug 2010
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Ibiza's fiestas are colourful, joyous occasions, often with spectacular
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firework displays and street parties that take over an entire town.
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A great excuse for a knees-up, they are also important cultural events that
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celebrate saints' days or recall landmarks in the island's history.
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In addition, they commemorate the traditional craft skills, rituals and dances
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that are such an integral part of island culture.
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**Santa Eularia **
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Held every year on the first Sunday in May, this festival is one of the
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island's oldest. It celebrates the narrow escape of the town of Santa
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Eularia's parishioners when their church collapsed into the sea back in the
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mists of time. One of the highlights is the procession of horse and carts
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decorated with spectacular floral displays.
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**Sant Joan**
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This is one of the most popular fiestas, which extends over several days
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surrounding the summer solstice. Evolving from roots as a pagan festival, the
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bonfires and fire dances held on June 24 are central to the event, with
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participants throwing something old into the fire to symbolically make way for
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the new. Partying and dancing continues into the small hours.
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** **
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**Fiesta Del Carmen **
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Dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers, this fiesta is popular throughout
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Spain but, for obvious reasons, particularly on Ibiza. Parades in Es Cubells
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and Portinatx are followed by the main event of the day when a statue of the
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Virgin is carried through the streets by the island's fishermen and placed in
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a boat, which then leads a colourful flotilla of vessels around the harbour.
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** **
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**Festes de la Terra**
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During the first eight days of August, Ibiza Old Town becomes the focus of
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attention for the whole island, with street music and performances in the main
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squares. Traditional religious events include the Day of the Virgin (Aug 5)
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and Sant Ciriac (Aug 8) - the latter marking the Catalan conquest of the
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island from the Moors in 1235 with traditional dancing (ball pages) - while
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watermelon eating forms part of the celebration in Es Soto.
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Hidden in a beautiful Ibizan valley, Can Lluc is boutique hotel with
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traditional roots.
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[![Ibiza's festivals are both important cultural events and a great excuse for
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From the festival of Sant Joan to the Festes de la Terra, Ibiza's festivals
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are vibrant, colourful and often deeply moving.
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[1]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01701/ibiza-
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[11]: http://www.spain.info/en_GB/
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[12]: http://www.ibizamundoactivo.com
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[13]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01454/in-association-
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[16]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/spanish_tourist_board/ibi
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za/7960430/Ibiza-Can-Lluc-boutique-hotel.html
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[17]: /sponsored/travel/spanish_tourist_board/ibiza/5918728/Ibiza-
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Agroturismo-hotels.html
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[18]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01688/IBIZA-
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[19]: /sponsored/travel/spanish_tourist_board/ibiza/7960430/Ibiza-Can-Lluc-
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[20]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01701/can-lluc-
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[21]: /sponsored/travel/spanish_tourist_board/ibiza/7960404/Festivals-in-
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[22]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01701/ibiza-
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