Festival of Vilafranca del Penedès

The ritual structure of the festival follows the festive model typical of Penedès and Camp de Tarragona based on parades and castles: parade in the morning, castles at noon and procession in the evening. This is the structure that is repeated on the three central days of the Festival, August 29, 30 and 31, and it would not be understood without two heritage elements from which the traditional and folkloric aspect is configured: the pattern of the city, Sant Fèlix, and the Administrators, the five people in charge of organizing the party.

The Administrators have a very prominent role in all the activity of the local festival: they light up the Tronada, enjoy the performances of the dances and the castelleras dyads from the balcony of the Town Hall, they go to the procession carrying the banner of the Administrators, they follow the offices and the Cant dels Goigs from the first bank of the Basilica of Santa Maria...

On the other hand, the devotion of the city to Sant Fèlix and its Festival is indisputable: the Basilica is full to overflowing to listen to the Goigs, the inhabitants of Vilafranca want to take pictures with the saint, the stamp that is given away with the program de la Fiesta occupies a privileged place in all the homes of Vilafranca... and this is reflected in the structure of the fiesta.

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