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Vilanova de Bellpuig Main Festival

Vilanova de Bellpuig, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

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Vilanova de Bellpuig Main Festival

Activity · Vilanova de Bellpuig, Pla d'Urgell, Lleida

Image of Vilanova de Bellpuig, not of the place itself.

The Festa Major of Vilanova de Bellpuig, in the Pla d'Urgell, is celebrated from 3 to 7 September to bid farewell to summer; the municipality also holds a Festa Major Petita of Sant Pere in June. One of its symbols are the giants Mercè and Paco, carved by the vilanovenc sculptor Josep Maria Florensa i Piró and unveiled on 4 September 2003 during the Festa Major, sponsored by the giants of Juneda. They stand 3.75 metres tall and represent two real residents of the village: Paco, an employee of a grain company and later a referee at the bitlles (skittles) club, and Mercè, who delivered milk door to door. They are carried by the Colla de Geganters i Grallers de Vilanova de Bellpuig, which also has capgrossos (big-heads).

Photo: Government of Catalonia (Attribution)

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