Periodico Thesafatimes Bach 2
CULTURE 23 OF JUNE In the shortest night of the year, in Sigüenza we celebrated San In June 23rd, each neighbourhood Juan, it’s one of the days most makes a flower arch composed of expected by Seguntinos . several others, while the children go from house to house or stop Regarding the beginnings of the people to ask them for a celebration, it has already been "limosnita" for their bow.People celebrated before Christ’s birth. visit all the arches that are full of It’s believed that the Earth and flowers, children and of course of the moon fell in love in that day, joy. Besides, people are all singing and in the shortest night of the and dancing. There is also a year, they joined together. contest in which the best bow Nowadays, it’s celebrated by Juan wins, then with that money Bautista’s birth, who christening snacks are organized.Later in the and help Jesus to preach. It was main square, in front of the town his father Zacaríaswho ordered to hall, a bonfire is made and there is light bonfires. a performance of the rondalla with the sanjuaneros and sanjuaneras. All year around, someSeguntinos In the morning of the 24th, many form “La Rondalla”. girls are at the door of their On the one hand, it’s composed by houses with flowers or thistles, musicians who play the guitar, the because that night the young boys bandurria or the dulzaina and are giving roses to the beautiful singers.On the other hand, there girls and thistles to the ugly girls, are dancers called “Sanjuaneros” this is usually done among friends and “Sanjuaneras”.A few days and jokes are made, sometimes before, in neighbourhoods, one even a boy can declare his love to goes from house to house "stealing the girl he likes.
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