Festa de la Fil·loxera

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Image courtesy of Penedès Tourisme.

The Festa de la Fil·loxera in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia is a popular celebration that recreates the town's victory, in 1887, over the terrible phylloxera epidemic that wiped out all the vineyards in the Penedès region. The celebrations include the famous correfoc (fire run), fireworks, live music, traditional dances and all of the usual festival figures including capgrossos (big heads) and gegants (giants).

There's also a kids' version of the festival consisting of a procession from Plaça de l'Església. It is one of the most eagerly awaited events. The children wear small-scale replicas of the figures seen at the main celebrations: the phylloxera beetle, the figures with large heads depicting the local farmers, the small phylloxera larvae, figures representing the vines and a group of larvae. Because the procession is for kids no fireworks are involved.

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