The feast of St. John, also known as the night or the eve of St. John, is a festival of christian which celebrated the birth of St. John the Baptist, and takes place on the 24th of June. The tradition is that of the night of 23 to 24 are brought together friends and family and bonfires on the sand of the beach. It is a holiday known in all Spain, but really the day of San Juan is not a labor in Catalonia, the Valencian Community and in some municipalities more.
If you have the opportunity to rent a boat during the week of 20 to 26 June you can't miss any of the destinations that we recommend below, to be able to enjoy first-person account of the feast of San Juan. These are very related with beaches, bonfires, and above all, the sea.
What is the tradition on the night of the day of San Juan?
It is known that this night is the shortest of the year due to a change of calendar, the julian to the gregorian, and before applying this correction, the day could fall on 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25. It is the beginning astronomical summer.
The most traditional is to burn things in your own campfire, with the purpose of burning all the bad of the year, or to turn a page. In addition, it performs some rituals, which I will now explain, to attract good luck, and you should know about if you are going to celebrate this festivity.
- Burn objects: One of the things most popularas it can be to write down your wishes on a paper and then burn them, but they can also be fears, phobias, errors, etc., is based in attract everything positive that is yet to come. On many occasions they also burn papers (if you've completed a stage academic), objects (if you feel that you no longer have to use it or wear it), etc
- Asking for wishes: As we have already mentioned above, the wishes should be written on a piece of paper, and these can be burned in the fire or into the sea, but we must keep in mind that we may be polluted to the environment.
- Bathing in the sea: Bathing during the night of the day of San Juan is part of the ritual and helps to purify your soul and heal your pain.
- Jump into the flames: One of the most attention, and also of the most popular, and consists jump at least 7 times for good luck during the year.
- Face wash: As well as bathing in the sea, help, face wash also, to preserve health and beauty for the rest of the year.
- Jump the waves: If you jump at least 9 waves of the sea and back, it is said that you have more of fertility.
- Bury a candle: A ritual rather curious that consists of turning it on during the night of San Juan, and later to bury her where we see fit.
- Ask for wishes to the stars: ask for wishes, as in the previous rituals, but this time a more common form.
Now that you know what is exactly the night of the day of San Juan and what are their rituals, we propose some destinations where you can go in any of the ships are at your disposal to enjoy this summer night so special.
You can choose between the different destinations we suggest in Spain:
Fogueres de Sant Joan on Alicante
These bonfires are declared International Interest, and are the official ones. The most important day of this festival is when you burn more than 90 monuments in the cremá, which are giant sculptures that took months to complete. Therefore, if you want to spend a San Juan and epic see the province from the seayou can go by boat from: the port of Alicante, the port of Campomanes, the puerto deportivo Marina Salinas, etc
Noite da Queima in A Coruña
Here is known by the smell of grilled sardines, to nitrate and wood burning. More than a hundred thousand people gather in the spectacular beaches of Orzan and Riazor, where you can spend the day on a boat and then go to the beach to be present in the bonfires. The orange color of the flames reflected in the waters of the Atlantic, where, in the middle of the night you have to swim to purificarte.
The night of the júas in Malaga
It is known for get the most out of the shortest night of the yearbecause, concerts, cooking skewers, have a great variety of fireworks and burn the júas. These are some dolls that are quite large cloth that satirized to those that are the popular characters of the time and end up between the flames. Middle of the night, you'll have to give you a bath, as we have explained above, in order to maintain your beauty.
