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Mona y Catxerulo de Xixona

Xixona/Jijona, L'Alacantí, Alicante

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Mona y Catxerulo de Xixona

Curiosity · Xixona/Jijona, L'Alacantí, Alicante

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In Xixona, as in much of the Valencian Country, Easter celebrations bring together two traditions that go hand in hand: eating the mona, the Easter sweet, and flying the catxerulo, a handmade kite made of reeds and onion-skin paper that begins to be flown from Holy Week onward, coinciding precisely with the mona's afternoon snack. It is a custom typical of Valencian folklore, with a different name depending on the region, which in Xixona is lived as part of the spring festive calendar.

Photo: Pep Llanero Solitari… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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