"El Carme", the festivity of the sea folk

There will be celebrations in Es Cubells, Eivissa, Portinatx, Sant Antoni...

Next Thursday 16, the Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) will be held, the patroness of the small parish of Es Cubells (municipality of Sant Josep) and all the sea folk. To celebrate this day it is the custom to organise boat processions in the ports of Eivissa, Portinatx, Sant Antoni...

In Eivissa, the festivity is held on the very day of the Virgin, Thursday July 16 as from 7 p.m. with a mass in the old church of Sant Elm, parish of Sant Salvador de la Marina, followed by a long boat procession round the bay. In Portinatx, the same day, the boat procession is also the main event of this celebration. In Sant Antoni the programme will start at 7 p.m. with the traditional mass followed by a procession through the streets of Sant Antoni and finishing with a boat procession round the bay. In Es Cubells, the boat procession will take place on the Sunday 19th, being the last event of the patron saint festivities (PDF) of this town.

Date of publication: 13/07/2009

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