{"id":84,"date":"2015-05-07T10:06:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T10:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogenglish.fedele.org\/?p=84"},"modified":"2019-07-10T11:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:19:39","slug":"the-night-of-san-juan-in-valencias-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedele.org\/en\/the-night-of-san-juan-in-valencias-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night of San Juan in Valencia’s beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FEDELE\"<\/p>\n

Valencia<\/strong>, as we all know, is the city of light and especially of fire. And it is with fire that the people of Valencia celebrate the most magical night of the year : the Night of San Juan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Night of San Juan is celebrated on the 23th\/24th June, the shortest night of the year, in many places throughout the world.\u00a0 This night has always been considered magical and has been celebrated since ancient times with fire and different rituals.\u00a0 Fireworks<\/strong>, which are so typical of Valencia, are, of course, indisputable protagonists.<\/p>\n

The enormous popularity of this very special fiesta means that it is celebrated by thousands of people on beaches<\/strong> up and down the country and Valencia is without a doubt one of the cities with the longest tradition of celebration.\u00a0 Hundreds of people meet up on Malvarrosa<\/strong> beach to light bonfires and make wishes together with friends and family.<\/p>\n

The celebrations don\u00b4t just take place in the capital but in all the coastal towns, for instance Pu\u00e7ol<\/strong>, where people gather together to enjoy the night.\u00a0 Valencia is, however, the most popular place, and therefore the place where most people congregate.<\/p>\n

The initial ritual begins as the sun sets when, as tradition<\/strong> requires, people to take a swim and make a wish.\u00a0 This swim is said to bring good health for the year ahead and to eliminate negative energy.\u00a0 After this the bonfires are lit and Malvarrosa beach becomes a scene of light and fire.\u00a0 Nearly everyone begins to prepare the supper which will later be cooked on charcoal.\u00a0 Some people will accompany the lighting of the fires with a good sangria or a cold beer, also very typical.<\/p>\n

But it is at midnight<\/strong> that the fiesta reaches its climax.\u00a0 At twelve o\u00b4clock midnight everyone approaches the shore either to wet their feet or to jump the waves while they make their wishes for the summer.\u00a0 Afterwards, when there are only coals left from the bonfires, there will be many people who are brave enough to jump over them.\u00a0 Tradition says that whoever jumps over the coals will be protected for a whole year.<\/p>\n

All this and the fact that Valencia is the perfect place for a magical night<\/strong>, makes the Night of San Juan a perfect opportunity for students of Spanish to get to know a little more about Spanish culture, to celebrate with the local people of Valencia and to learn Spanish at the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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