The Occasional Coves de Bellver
Outside of Palma, atop a hill called Puig de Sa Mesquida, sits the Castell de Bellver, built between 1300 and 1309 for Rei Jaume II., Mallorca’s first ever very own […]
Sant Honorat, Sant Antoni & Sant Sebastià
Sant Honorat, Sant Antoni and Sant Sebastià are very big […]
Molts d’Anys
At the occasion of New Year’s Eve, let me wish you a Happy New Year, or as the Mallorcans say, Molts d’anys (many years, i. e. a long life). Don’t […]
Día de Los Santos Inocentes
The Día de los Santos Inocentes (Day of the Holy Innocents) is the Spanish speaking world’s equivalent to the April Fool’s day. This day is a religious holiday named in […]
A Mallorcan Christmas Tradition: Neules
Delicately cut-out paper disks are a Mallorcan Christmas tradition going back perhaps 200 years: Neules. They are a sort of doily cut out of white paper. Some of these decorations […]
Hot Chestnuts
This year, Palma de Mallorca hosts three public Christmas Markets, one in Plaça Major, the main square, one in Plaça Espanya, and one in the Rambla Ducs de Palma. There […]
Kindling the Chanukah lights
The relatively small Jewish community in Mallorca will tonight light a candle on the right side of the Menorah (candelabrum), on the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, […]
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
Christmas time in Spain is Turrón time. Turrón (Torró in Catalan) is a confection similar to nougat, typically made of honey, sugar and egg white, with toasted almonds, hazelnuts or […]
Mallorcan Nativity Scenes
One of the many delights of pre-Christmas time in Mallorca every year, apart from the switching-on of the Christmas lights, is the display of the Beléns (Betlems in Catalan, nativity scenes). You […]
Eid al-Kibir, The Festival of Sacrifice
You might think that the new mosque-to-be in Felanitx is a lavish new building, but far from it. It is merely the conversion of a nondescript old townhouse with a […]
Bunyols and Buñuelos
During the Tots Sants celebrations, Mallorcans celebrate the festivities with plenty of sweet pastries. Bunyols or Buñuelos are particularly popular at this time of year. Bunyols are fritters commonly made […]
Xeremias and Xeremiers
Traditional Mallorcan music is unthinkable without the Xeremia (a bagpipe). Go to any village festa and you will hear them, together with small drums, flutes and tambours. The Mallorcan bagpipe is most likely […]
Fires and Firó in Llucmajor
The Confraria dels Cavallers de Sant Juan gave an impressive presentation of the beauty of the pure Mallorcan horse last Saturday in Llucmajor, at the occasion of the Fires de […]
Belly Dances in Mallorca
During a visit to the Mercado Medieval in Manacor, a week ago, I was surprised to suddenly be confronted by a group of young ladies, festively clad in what appeared to be […]
Ecology in Esporles
Starting today, the Jornadas de Agroecología de Mallorca will take place from September 26th to 28th in Esporles, north west of Palma de Mallorca. Most people know Esporles from the nearby […]
Wine Festival in Binissalem
For hundreds, possibly thousands of years, it was men and women who performed the harvest dance in barrels and presses of stomping or treading grapes into what is commonly referred to […]
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