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Fireworks will cover the sky during the Nit de Sant Joan (Saint John's

Celebrated on June 23rd and 24th each year, Sant Joan is a special date in the Catalan calendar that marks the summer solstice and birthdate of Saint John the Baptist in the Christian faith. Most of people head to the beaches, to dance around bonfires on the sand, celebrating the arrival of summer.


The Best Night of the Year Nit de Sant Joan ShBarcelona

Nit de Sant Joan La nit de Sant Joan, també anomenada popularment la revetlla de Sant Joan, la nit del foc, la nit de les bruixes o la nit del ros, se celebra arreu dels Països Catalans, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] i en altres indrets del món, durant la nit entre el 23 i 24 de juny.


La Petita Llibreria La nit màgica de Sant Joan

Everything You Need To Know About The Nit De Sant Joan Culture Trip 15 December 2016 Celebrated on June 23rd and 24th each year, Sant Joan is a special date in the Catalan calendar which marks the summer solstice and the birthdate of Saint John the Baptist in the Christian faith.


Everything You Need To Know About The Nit De Sant Joan

The „Nit de Sant Joan", the night of Sant Joan, is one of the most popular festivals of Majorca. From June 20 th until 24 th the end of springtime and the beginning of the summer is celebrated, however the real midsummer night is the night of the 23rd of June - the shortest night of the year.


Ajuntament de Sant Celoni Teatre La nit de Sant Joan amb Rebrot Teatre

Each year around June 23rd and 24th Catalonia and other regions of Spain prepare for a night of celebrations on the eve of the Dia de Sant Joan, known as the Nit de Sant Joan.On the evening of the 23rd bonfires are lit, music and traditional performances such as correfocs and castellers take place and of course, large firework displays are set off everywhere.


Poesia Infantil i Juvenil Bona nit de sant Joan, feliç revetlla amb poesia

Nit de Sant Joan. Des de fa anys, és tradició que la gent acudeixi a les platges de Mallorca per donar la benvinguda a l'estiu i celebrar la nit màgica de Sant Joan. S'escenifiquen una sèrie de rituals que, segons la llegenda popular, protegiran i donaran sort tot l'any a qui els realitzi. Entre aquests rituals, hi ha els tradicionals.


Ana Belchí NIT DE SANT JOAN

Every year Barcelona celebrates the summer solstice (when the day is longest) with the festival of Sant Joan. This takes place over several days but the main date is the 23 rd, nit de Sant Joan, which involves huge amounts of partying and pyrotechnics.The festival is adapted from the pagan practices of worshiping times of year and is celebrated in the Christian tradition as John the Baptist.


Foc de Sant Joan Nit de Sant Joan, 23/06. The photo is not… Flickr

The beginning of summer is marked by the celebration of the Nit de Sant Joan. In the beaches of Dénia (and many other towns in the region and the Valencian Community), it was common to see thousands of people gathering every year around the bonfires made in the sand. This is how the arrival of the new season was traditionally celebrated until a few years ago.


Lectures de l'Espolsada La nit de Sant Joan

The Sant Joan festival has many names, but in Catalonia and Barcelona it is most often called the ' Nit del Foc ' - fire night - or the " Nit de Sant Joan" which means St John's Night or St. John's Eve. You also often hear it called ' La revetlla de Sant Joan ' in Catalan which in Spanish is ' Verbenas de Sant Joan .'


Sant Joan Nit de Foc Mallorca Majorca Fiestas

The truth is that Sant Joan is officially on the 24th of June, which is a bank holiday in Catalonia. However, the proper celebration is on the 23rd in the evening. People work on the 23rd, then go home and get ready for an evening of celebrating and partying.


"Nit de Sant Joan" 25 de juny

The Feast of Sant Joan celebrates the start of the summer. It is the longest day of the year and what is known as the Summer Solstice in England. It is one of the most important feast days for Catalans and is celebrated throughout the city. The idea is that on the night of Sant Joan, the sun reaches its highest point, before beginning to drop.


The Best Night of the Year Nit de Sant Joan ShBarcelona

Saint John's Eve, starting at sunset on 23 June, is the eve of the feast day of Saint John the Baptist.This is one of the very few feast days marking a saint's birth, rather than their death. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26-37, 56-57) states that John was born six months before Jesus; therefore, the feast of John the Baptist was fixed on 24 June, six months before Christmas.


The Best Night of the Year Nit de Sant Joan ShBarcelona

2.37K subscribers 58K views 15 years ago Nit de Sant Joan - Teatre Romea - Barcelona 1981 - Dagoll Dagom. (lletre en català, letra en castellano,..)


Sant Joan Nit de Foc Mallorca Majorca Fiestas

Of the many festivals we celebrate throughout the year in Barcelona, perhaps there is none as noisy as La Nit de Sant Joan.Falling on the night of the 23rd of June, the city lights up with bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks as we celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and a beautiful few months of warm Mediterranean living ahead of us.


La nit de Sant Joan

La Nit de Sant Joan llega este año a Castellón con tres días de fiesta consecutivos bajo el brazo, el arranque de la campaña estival con los primeros turistas, la alerta por los mosquitos.


Nit de Sant Joan festival Turismo Eivissa

Nit de Sant Joan. En l'elaboració del guió, s'ha utilitzat el conte «A l'inrevés» de Miquel Obiols, extret així mateix del llibre El misteri de Buster Keaton, Edicions de l'Abadia de Montserrat. Nit de Sant Joan va ser estrenada el 4 de març de 1981 en el Teatre Romea de Barcelona, inaugurant així el Centre Dramàtic de la Generalitat.