Midsummer's Eve (Sant Joan)

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La nit de Sant Joan

Midsummer's Eve (Sant Joan)

This exhibition from the Ethnology Museum shows us the various aspects of that extraordinary evening, when we renew our old ties and make new ones, a night where the good cheer of adults is mirrored by the excitement of the very young.

Bonfires, dancing, fireworks, the Canigó Flame, Fallaires del Pirineu, water divining, plant magic, Joanets de l’Aigua, and flirting on the night of Sant Joan... are just a few of the aspects examined in the exhibition

Midsummer's Eve. Can everything concerning Midsummer's Eve be covered and understood? Every year, the summer solstice brings us a night that stretches back to the dawn of memory, embracing the land, its people and the territory and even beyond...