San Anton

A special mass is held for San Anton in the Church. It is still very windy outside so the statue has to stay inside this year - hopefully San Anton will get to see the village and we will follow him in a procession next year. The Church has it's central heating system working again - a patio heater in the central aisle - well at least it's central and it gives off heat.

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The group of musicians play their usual selection throughout the service.

After the service, 2 "devils" go from door to door visiting every house in the village to collect a gift of food or drink.

They are accompanied by a brass band so you can hear them coming.

In the afternoon all the food is taken to the village hall where it is auctioned off to the various peña groups. Margaret's mince pie raised 27 euros! A total of 2,600 euros was raised in the auction this year. The raffle, for the butchered pork, raised a further 800 euros. All the money goes to the town hall and is spent on various works that take place for the village.

A rum concoction is carefully brewed.

When it is ready, it is handed out to everyone there, it certainly helps to encourage higher bids for the food and drink!

When each piece of food or drink has been auctioned, the brass band play a fanfare. The auction lasted for 4½ hours.

Finally it was time to eat all the food - and yes, it was our peña who won Margaret's mince pie in the auction - delicious.