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... of the year is on June 29th to celebrate Saint Peter the patron of the sailors. The main event is a procession at sea where decorated boats accompany a statue of the patron saint to the sea and sail in the bay. A little less than a month later on July 25th they remember Saint James the patron of Alcudia. This fiesta lasts for a week and during this time there are a lot of activities including concerts, open-air dances, and religious ceremonies. Every three years on July 26th this includes the Procession of the Saint Christ in memory of the miracle in 1507 when the figure of Saint Christ started to sweat blood and ended a long period of drought. Again a month later on August 24th is the festivity of the Chinese lanterns where the youngest children in the town go through the streets and sing old Majorcan ...
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