{"id":5494,"date":"2017-02-27T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bonninsanso.com\/discoverymenorca\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:54:00","slug":"carnival-in-menorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonninsanso.com\/discoverymenorca\/carnival-in-menorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival in Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Menorca we call carnival \u00abels darrers dies\u00bb, which means the last days in which you can eat meat before Lent. The days include Thursday, a date\u00a0which is a main event celebrated in Spain where the gastronomy is very popular in the open air, and on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent on the religious calendar.<\/p>\n

Carnival is a celebration of pagan origin that has developed over the years. In Alaior for example, they celebrate the Forty Hours in honour to Santa Eulalia as an amendment to the sins committed during these \u00abdarrers dies\u00bb. In the rural carnivals, a straw doll was used and placed on a float to promenade around the streets. People celebrated parties\u00a0with masks to hide their identity. The urban carnivals had a more organized activity with different involvements according to their social level.<\/p>\n

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