La Fiesta de San Juan

Last night we went to the beach for the fiesta de San Juan. Its a yearly tradition tha t welcomes the summer by setting things on fire. Basically they burn a heap of symbolic stuff that they want to go away, like an effigy that says ¨crisis¨ on his chest. People are supposed to write one wish for the coming year and one thing they wish be rid of in the coming year. The wish they want to come true they throw in the ocean, and the other they throw into the fire.



Rocio didn´t explain quite clearly enough for me and I wrote wishes on the same piece of paper and threw them both into the fire. Oh well. Afterwards, we stayed around and sat with friends in the sand for a few hours until people had to go home. One of the chiringuitos on the beach set up a dance floor and lights and music so some people were dancing well into the night. All in all it was a pretty fun night and an interesting tradition.

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