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Rio in Mallorca
EACH year Mallorca celebrates the onset of Lent with street parties and parades. Most towns will be having their own carnival over the weekend, with the largest parties to be found in Palma.
This year the first day of the Carnival will be held on Saturday, February 18, and is for children, it is called Sa Rueta. The second day of the event takes place on Sunday, February 19 and is for adults, and is named Sa Rua.
This Mallorcan Carnival may remind you of a small version of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival, as it includes people from competing teams and special performances with dancing and singing. The costumes and floats vary in colour and story but are worth checking out. The most creative teams are awarded prizes at the end.
The island celebrates the carnival with street parties, live music, food and drink and, of course,
SOME of the biggest names in the Spanish folk music genre will unite in Palma de Mallorca for six dates of dazzling musical entertainment spread over the next three months. Palma Folk Festival returns on Friday, February 17.
This year’s festival will consist of performances and concerts from six different acts famed in the Spanish folk scene and fur the colourful fancy dress parades. In Palma, both processions will march down La Rambla, Calle de La Riera, Calle de la Unio, Placa del Rei Joan Carles I and Avenida de Jaume III.
CARNIVAL: Celebrates with street parties.
Folk festival
ther afield including ‘Simone’, ‘When the Robin Sings’ and ‘Do NaturalBoc’. Each of the performances will be held in the city’s Mar i Terra theatre.
The music festival is one of the most popular alternative festivals that takes place on the island each year and has developed a network of top names since its birth in 2017.
More information about the festival and ticket purchases can be found online at: https://www.palmacultura.cat /ficha.php?Cod_not=10694&fb clid=IwAR0hzD38xaAAdZzIP vanogkH4xiSsodp6so8WLFx1z qcRFnGGPjdH2ymZK0. Tickets for most of the events cost €10 in the advance sale or €12 at the box office.
By Peter McLarenKennedy
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