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Hello everyone, 

Hello everyone,
This performance is for celebrating the 9 October, Day of Valencian Community, in Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante.
The band od "Dolçaines i tabalets" joined the band of metal instruments of Sociedad Musical La Paz.

They played some wonderful songs.

Hello everyone,
October 9 is also the Day of Saint Dionysius.
Did you know that  Dionysius is the patron saint of lovers in Valencian Community?
There is a custom called "mocaorà" of giving sweets wrapped in a silken scarf on this day.
Valencian men give marzipan sweets to their sweethearts.

Picture: www.lovevalencia.com


This local festival is celebrated in Pal street in El Campello, Alicante, every year.
The cultural  assocciation Salpassa decorated this ancient street with these beautiful clouds and drops.


























There are also popular dances in which people wear traditional costumes. They are old and beautiful.


They finally danced this Italian dance called "La tarantel·la".

Hello everyone,
Today is 9th October, Day of Valencian Community and it's a public holiday.
What type of celebrations have we got? What do people do?
There are different celebrations this day: fireworks, concerts, poetry reading, parades, communal meals, traditional dances, ...

The "dolçaina" and "tabalet" are present in all the traditional celebrations.
This band (colla) are called Sargantana and they belong to the Musical Association La Paz, in Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain.
They are in Sant Joan Town Hall playing for Valencian Community celebrations.




Fiesta and local authorities representative participate in this parade (cercavila) around the village.
Some people wear traditional costumes.

Hello everyone,
Valencian Community Day is celebrated annually and it is a public holiday in Valencian Community, Spain.

Picture: Wikimedia.


This celebration commemorates the capture of Valencia from Moorish forces in 1238 by King James I of Aragon. He took possession of the City on October 9. He was called "the conqueror".

Jaume I "the conqueror".


























Picture: Wikipedia

Did you know that this celebration started in 1331 and it was banned by Felipe V in 1707 after the abolition of the regional code of law known as "Furs valencians"



























Picture: Portrait of Felipe V hung upside down in Xàtiva, Valencia.
This painting is a symbol of the Xàtiva because this king ordered the city to be burnt and razed to the ground three times during the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714).