<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - glosses]]> 10 <![CDATA[The San Antonio festival in Manacor is not yet over.]]>

The traditional satirical and festive commentary will once again take center stage at the third Ximbombada, organized by the residents of Berard Square every first Friday of February. This year, the event will be held this Friday, starting at 7:30 p.m., in the same square, in the heart of the Torre neighborhood of Manacor. Despite never being part of the official San Antonio festival program in Manacor, the Torre Ximbombada has, in just two previous editions, become one of the key events that conclude Manacor's celebrations dedicated to fire and toast.

]]> <![CDATA[Saint Anthony, to re-edge in order to revive]]> Now that we're back from the sweet and festive Christmas celebrations, we're entering the big week of Sant Antoni. I took the opportunity to ask my students at IES Portocristo what songs they knew... And they knew quite a few. "Yes, teacher"Sant Antoni, for rain, inside you're making plants and clappers, to earn a few coins to make new shoes." "Very good, Yerai," I agreed. The Sant Antoni festival has taken off so much that even in a place of such impressive cultural diversity as Portocristo, the children of the newcomers... do they know what a "lova" is? Nobody in the classroom has the slightest idea, despite having heard and sung the song dozens of times. "And a claper?" Nobody knows that either.

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