Llonguet Pride suspends Canamunt and Canavall: "We lay down our arms, but never the fight"

PalmaOrgull Llonguet will not organize this year's Canamunt i Canavall festival. The entity assures that it has made the decision after noting the ever-increasing difficulties in keeping the project alive and argues that it needs "to take a step back in order to move forward." This cancellation occurs just after the latest controversy of the Palma City Council with the organization of Pride.

The association explained this Monday on social networks that it launched the festival in 2015 with the aim of "creating a community in the city" and recovering a little-known part of Palma's history. Orgull Llonguet claims that Canamunt and Canavall "is not a water fight," but a celebration based on the history of the two old factions of the city, conceived to foster participation, coexistence, and a sense of belonging.

The entity explains that to maintain the festival, three elements are essential: an involved community, economic resources, and the support of the Palma City Council. According to its complaint, these three factors have weakened in recent years. "It is difficult to have a community when we, the llonguets, can no longer afford to live in Palma," states the statement, which also laments the difficulty of finding volunteers and criticizes institutions for being "more concerned with selling the city than supporting the associations that create fabric," such as "neighborhood associations, the demon groups, Ben Amics, and the Flexas bar.

For this reason, Orgull Llonguet considers that the festival has been losing its essence to the point that it no longer represents them. The association assures that the organization of Canamunt and Canavall has become "an obstacle race" that has ended up wearing down the initiators of the initiative.

Despite this year's suspension, the entity insists that the decision is not an end point. The objective, they explain, is to stop to rethink the project, reorganize and return with strength in the future. "We lay down our arms, but never the fight," concludes the entity's publication on social media.