Les Festes de La Beata
Santa Margalida honours its patron saint, Catalina Tomás, with a weekend of celebrations commemorating her beatification by Pope Pius VI. In true Mallorcan style, the entire town is transformed into a noisy, colourful mass of people for the Santa Catalina Tomás Fiesta.
A procession of floats leaves the local parish church on the Saturday evening, after which a raucous mixture of food, wine, music and dancing ensues. Children dress up as devils and run through the streets terrorising the locals, while a few lucky girls are chosen to dress up as Santa Catalina herself and have the privilege of walking behind the floats that wind slowly but steadily through the narrow streets.
Sunday is the saint's day, marked by a further procession and a recreation of the life of Santa Catalina Tomás by the inhabitants of Santa Margalida.
| Town Information: | Santa Margalida |
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| Full Name: |
| Name: | Mallorca |
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| Location: | Mallorca |
| Address: | Plaça de la Reina 2, Palma 07012 (drop-in centre on Sant Domingo Street, Palma, just near the Cathedral) |
| Email: | turisme@a-palma.es |
| Phone: | +34 971 712 216 |
| Fax: | +34 971 720 251 |
| Name: | Spanish National Tourist Office |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | José Lazaro Galdiano, 6, Madrid 28036 |
| Fax: | +34 913 43 35 00 |
| Name: | Spanish National Tourist Office (Turespaña) |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | Jose Lázaro Galdiano, 6, 28071 Madrid, Spain |
| Email: | infosmile@tourspain.es |
| Phone: | +34 913 43 35 00 |
| Name: | Spanish Tourist Board (London) |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | PO Box 4009, London, W1A 6NB |
| Email: | info.londres@tourspain.es |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7486 8077 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7486 8034 |
