In all the cultures and all the historical periods, the fiesta has been a way of collective expression.While it represents the values of a society, which continue taking form until they reach the level of a myth, it also seeks to establish the differences among neighbour villages. Coinciding with the summer solstice, the supremacy of the light over darkness, this fiesta is celebrated during the longest days in the year (23rd - 25th of June). This is the case with the fiestas of Sant Joan in Ciudadella de Menorca (Spain). It is related to the animal which is almost sacred in all the countries and civilisations: the horse-Marcelo Díaz
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In all the cultures and all the historical periods, the fiesta has been a way of collective expression.While it represents the values of a society, which continue taking form until they reach the level of a myth, it also seeks to establish the differences among neighbour villages. Coinciding with the summer solstice, the supremacy of the light over darkness, this fiesta is celebrated during the longest days in the year (23rd - 25th of June). This is the case with the fiestas of Sant Joan in Ciudadella de Menorca (Spain). It is related to the animal which is almost sacred in all the countries and civilisations: the horse-Marcelo Díaz