Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shots Nathan, amazing the picture of the Dog. Interesting documenting for me. As you know in Catalonia we have as well the tradition of the Night of Sant Joan, but here we don?t make hogueras like these ones, similars to the ?Fallas?, here the tradition was to burn all the old things no more used and the fire comes from the mountain of El Canig?, in Catalonia North, actually in France. The tradition is that the Fire from El Canig? is distributed in all the villages and cities of the Catalan Countries, and this has a very strong significance for our Nation. It is difficult to find some information in English, even in Spanish, I?ve found this, please roll down and you ca read some more details about that tradition. <http://www.barcelonayellow.com/bcn-events-articles/128-nit-de-sant-joan-saint-john> Of course the night of Sant Joan we have ?chupitos? and a special cake for the celebration called ?Coca de Sant Joan?. Un abrazo Lluis El 25/06/2014, a las 00:13, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> escribi?: > Midsummer is celebrated seriously in Alicante, in what is known as > Hogueras de San Juan. Together with Christmas and Easter, this is one of > the major holidays of the year. Basically, a week-long party has been > going around the city, and it culminates today. Three images to give a > flavour of the day. > > On the eve of San Juan, June 23rd, people make fire on the beaches, using > whatever they care to bring. These are not large bonfires, just small ones > like this one. This goes on until the wee hours (in fact, this picture was > actually taken around 1 a.m., so it was already the 24th): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739569&k=zqvNhhh&lb=1&s=O > > This afternoon I went for a walk in the city to look at the Hogueras (huge > statues built for the fiesta all over the city), and met this Flamenco Dog: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739631&k=m4mzvBx&lb=1&s=O > > And here is an example of a Hoguera. It is topical to the part of town > where it is placed: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739702&k=4rqG8XP&lb=1&s=O > > Like all other Hogueras, it is stuffed with explosives and will be set on > fire after midnight (i.e. within the next half hour as I write this). > > I look forward to being able to walk my dog again from tomorrow on. She > hates fireworks and it has been impossible to get her out the last 3-4 > days. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information