LimeWave | Fiesta de la Vendimia, Manilva @Limewave | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 21 hours ago.
Every year during the first weekend of September a big fiesta is taking place in the small village of Manilva in southern Spain. The Fiesta de la Vendimia is a big celebration of the harvest of grapes in the hills in the region, and attracts visitors from all over the region who wants to participate in the festivities. The highlight and main attraction of the weekend is the Sunday celebration.
This year the Sundays festivities started out at 1 PM with a DJ in the southern parts of town and live music by Sótano Sur and Latidos in the center of the village. All visitors gathered along the Calle Mar for food, drinks, music and dancing. Two huge barrels of the locally produced wine were placed along the street where they offered either seco or semi-seco sampling.
In the late afternoon people gathered at the corner of the newly constructed Plaza de la Vendimia for a ceremonial stomping of grapes. The stomping is done with a certain technique that almost comes of as a dance in itself. After a while juice from the stomped grapes started to pour through a small pipe from the stomping stage.
The party continued with music and dancing and just hanging out with old and new friends in the village, till late night.
Every year during the first weekend of September a big fiesta is taking place in the small village of Manilva in southern Spain. The Fiesta de la Vendimia is a big celebration of the harvest of grapes in the hills in the region, and attracts visitors from all over the region who wants to participate in the festivities. The highlight and main attraction of the weekend is the Sunday celebration.
This year the Sundays festivities started out at 1 PM with a DJ in the southern parts of town and live music by Sótano Sur and Latidos in the center of the village. All visitors gathered along the Calle Mar for food, drinks, music and dancing. Two huge barrels of the locally produced wine were placed along the street where they offered either seco or semi-seco sampling.
In the late afternoon people gathered at the corner of the newly constructed Plaza de la Vendimia for a ceremonial stomping of grapes. The stomping is done with a certain technique that almost comes of as a dance in itself. After a while juice from the stomped grapes started to pour through a small pipe from the stomping stage.
The party continued with music and dancing and just hanging out with old and new friends in the village, till late night.
