2011-06-13
San Antonio de la Florida Fiesta
Residents of Madrid's Moncloa-Aravaca district honour their patron saint, San Antonio de la Florida, with a vibrant fiesta. Men and women in traditional costume dance the choti and pasodoble in squares around the San Antonio de la Florida Hermitage.
Women wear their finest dresses, complete with a manton de manila
(shawl) and a carnation in their hair as a finishing touch. Men also
dress up for the occasion, wearing grey suits and a carnation in their
button holes.
The highlight of the fiesta is the fortune-telling
baptismal font. Women have to throw 13 pins into the font and then dip
their right hand in. The number of pins that remain stuck to your hand
tells you how many suitors you will have in the following year.
When: 13 Jun 2011
Where: San Antonio de la Florida Hermitage, Madrid, Spain
From: whatsonwhen.com
last modification: 2011-06-02
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