{"id":811,"date":"2013-06-29T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/?p=811"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:34:09","slug":"upcoming-event-la-patrona-moors-christians-2nd-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/upcoming-event-la-patrona-moors-christians-2nd-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"UPCOMING EVENT LA PATRONA MOORS CHRISTIANS 2ND AUGUST 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear All<\/p>\n

Today we inform you of the upcoming event the famous fiesta in Pollensa known as<\/span> LA PATRONA 2nd<\/sup> August 2013.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"pollenca-f\"<\/a>Should you be\u00a0lucky enough to be \u00a0staying in one of our lovely villas during the week of 2nd<\/sup> August,<\/span> \u00a0at the same time you shall be able to join in<\/b> <\/span>the local Fiesta which not only the locals enjoy every year, yet many to Pollensa to enjoy La Patrona from other parts of the Island, this includes visitors from mainland Spain, not forgetting all guests and visitors in the \u00e1rea generally.<\/div>\n

La Patrona fiesta of Ntra Sra. Dels Angels a simulating battle of Moors and Christians commemorates victory of Christians over<\/span> Moorish pirates<\/span><\/b>,<\/span> that attacked the Village night May 30th<\/sup> 1550, \u00a0for this, \u00a0the festivities start night time\u00a0followed\u00a0in the early hours of the morning the local Town Hall band starts up. \u00a0After which, there is a mass in honour of the Mare de Deu dels Angels approx 11am and\u00a0 performance of Mallorcan folk dancers.<\/p>\n

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The excitment of the battle\u00a0 starts in the afternoon<\/span><\/strong> with encounter between Joan Mas who is the leader of \u201cChristians\u201d and Dragut \u201cMoorish\u201d<\/span> leader.<\/b>\u00a0 It is after Joan Mas and his cry to the Virgin \u201cMare de Deu dels Angels, of \u201cHELP US<\/b> – the pirates are against us\u201d<\/span> after which, approx 7.00 pm the battle begins between the Moors and Christians.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The battle continues down the narrow streets of the village, which includes\u00a0 a re-enactment representing liberation of women, children and men that the Moors imprisoned.\u00a0 The battle then continues down towards the old football pitch where the immense confrontation takes place.<\/p>\n

The colourful simulating battle can be boistrous,\u00a0yet enjoyable and exciting,\u00a0certainly, \u00a0well worth the effort to attend if you are able, \u00a0the Moors with their\u00a0faces painted in war paint,\u00a0and\u00a0 Christians in their white robes.<\/p>\n

Finally, the fiesta of the day concludes with a display of fireworks.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Fiesta there is plenty more going on such as concerts, exhibitions, childrens entertainments, markets and all night parties.\u00a0 You can attend the Town Hall for more information if your already staying with us on holiday.<\/p>\n

Wishing you enjoy our famous Fiesta LA PATRONA!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

THE BEST VILLAS POLLENSA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear All Today we inform you of the upcoming event the famous fiesta in Pollensa known as LA PATRONA 2nd August 2013. Should you be\u00a0lucky enough to be \u00a0staying in one of our lovely villas during the week of 2nd August, \u00a0at the same time you shall be able to join in the local Fiesta […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebestvillaspollensa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}