FAIRS AND FIESTAS
Fira del Ram
 Once
more, at this time of the year, the spectacular funfair known as the "Fira
del Ram" returns to Palma.
The "Fira del Ram" opened on Saturday 3 Feb 2003, coinciding
with the Balearic Day and can be visited until April 20, on weekdays as
from 5 p.m. and and holidays from 10 a.m. to midnight. For a month and
a half, kids and adults can enjoy the attractions, stalls and booths that
have been installed, as usual, in the fair precinct in the Camino de Jesús,
opposite the Municipal Cemetery.
The most outstanding novelty this year is a spectacular wheel over 70
meters high.
Balearics Day
On Saturday, March 1, the "Dia de les Illes Balears" will be
celebrated on Mallorca, Menorca, Eivissa and Formentera. On Mallorca,
the programmed events will begin on February 28, at 7 p.m., in Sa Llonja
in Palma, with the ceremony to give the Gold Medals of the Balearics and
the Ramon Llull Prizes. The day after, Saturday, amongst other activities
there will be a Day of open doors at the Consolat de Mar, centre of the
Balearic Govern, and at half past twelve the ceremony to commemorate the
20th anniversary of the Statutes of the Autonomous Community of the Balearics
will take place. The day will end with a concert in the Plaça d'Espanya,
by Cap-pela, Antònia Font, Sexy Sadie and Dawholeenchilada. On
Mallorca, the programme will continue until March 3, with several cultural
and sports activities.
As for Menorca, the events will begin on Friday, February 28, at 9 p.m.
with a lyric concert at the Teatre Principal de Maó and on Saturday,
March 1, there will be a popular day dedicated to Pétanque in Es
Castell and a cultural gymkhana for youngsters from 14 to 17 at the Esplanada
de Maó.
In the port of Eivissa, on Saturday, March 1, there will also be a popular
day dedicated to Pétanque, a cultural gymkhana for youngsters from
14 to 17 and a concert by the Orfeó Mayurqa at the Auditori de
Cas Serres. The events will end the day after, with a tournament of Sling
Shooting in Santa Eulària des Riu.
Finally, in Formentera, the "Dia de les Illes Balears" will
be celebrated with a cultural gymkhana for youngsters from 14 to 17. |