What is the San Joan Barcelona Festival 2016?
“La revetlla de Sant Joan” or Nit de Sant Joan” is St John’s Night or better said St. John’s Eve.
This festival commemorates the feast of Saint John the Baptist and celebrates the summer solstice on the night of the 23rd June.
Sant Joan is one of Barcelona’s biggest parties. It’s a night of Fire, Fireworks, Coca cakes, a celebration for family and friends.
Fire is one of the strongest traditions of the festivals every barrio of Barcelona will have its own display on June 23.
Old furniture and wood is collected to raise the bonfires, In every town square there will be people Dancing, street parties, music and entertainment and above all the bang of the ‘petardos’, firecrackers, which peopel usually buy days before
the celebration.
There is no central fireworks display or a specific programme for the Sant Joan celebrations in Barcelona and Sant Joan events in Barcelona are organised locally by the districts of Barcelona and people just celebrate the evening with dinners, parties,
firecrackers The biggest central gathering on the Nit de Sant Joan is on the beaches of Barcelona,crowds of locals and tourists celebrate together.
The day after the Nit de Sant Joan is a public holiday in Barcelona, so the party goes on until sunrise and many clubs and bars in the city organise Sant Joan parties.
Bonefires will bang everywhere and one of the most popular and dangerous customs with couples is to take the hand of a loved one and jump over a bonfire seven timeswhich should garantee to live forever happy….
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