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Verge del Carme Festival

Fiestas to honour the patron saint of fishermen

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The Verge del Carme is a religious celebration held on and around 16th July each year in honour of the patron saint of fishermen.

The festivities begin with an evening mass, followed by a candlelit procession in which local people carry a statue of the Virgin to the port. The statue is then placed aboard a decorated fishing boat and accompanied out to sea by a procession of similarly adorned vessels.

These processions take place in many of Mallorca's ports, including Cala Ratjada, Port de Pollença, Port de Sóller, Cala Bona, Coll d'en Rebassa, Cala Figuera, Porto Cristo and Porto Colom.
 

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Various towns across Mallorca

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