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XXXVIII Fira del Fang de Marratxí

From March 4 to 12, at the Verònica de Sant Marçal in Sa Cabaneta, the XXXVIII Fira del Fang is held, which this year has as its theme the history of the fair from its origins to the present day. Under the motto A retrospective of the Fira, the route, the impact and the importance that the fair has had in publicizing the ceramic tradition of the municipality of Marratxí is narrated.

This is one of the most important fairs of the trade – it was National Prize of Ceramics in 2013 by the Spanish Association of Towns of Ceramics - a must to get to know the work of craftsmen of ceramics not only from Marratxí, where clay is a hallmark but also from the rest of Mallorca and mainland Spain. A unique opportunity to buy all kinds of clay pieces, from kitchen utensils to decorative items, toys or art pieces.

In addition to visiting the stands of the participanting potters, the fair has an extensive program of parallel activities that takes place throughout the nine days of the fair.

Program of the XXXVIII Fira del Fang:

Saturday March 4

10:30 a.m. Opening of the Fair. Large tent

12:00 p.m. Concert by Pep Suasi i els Electrodomèstics. Plaça de Sant Marçal

5:00 p.m. family workshop. Large tent

5:30 p.m. Passacarreracalles with the Dimonis de Fang. Plaça de Sant Marçal

Sunday March 5

10:00 a.m. Plantada de los gigantes Bet i Marçal

11:30 a.m. Sample of music, clothing and ball de bot by the group Es Raiguer. Large tent.

5:30 p.m. Popular dance with Terra Roja. Plaça de Sant Marçal

Monday March 6

4:30 p.m. Workshop with the students of the manual courses of the Escola Municipal de Ceràmica Pilar Sastre. Large tent

Tuesday March 7

5:30 p.m. La Bruna i el fang. Storytelling and workshop by Isabel XXXXX. Large tent

Wednesday March 8

5:30 p.m. 8M family workshop, by Marga Juan. Large tent

Thursday: March 9

4:30 p.m Demostración de torno del alumnado del curso de perfeccionamiento de torno Escola Municipal de Ceràmica Pilar Sastre. Large tent

6:00 p.m. Lecture on the history of siurell, with Amadeu Corbera, Laura de Luque and Carme Sánchez. Large tent

Friday March 10

Family workshop

Saturday March 11

11:00 a.m. Laccao and AGAMA Workshop. Plaça de l'Església

11:30 a.m. Popular dance with Engalba. Large tent

5:00 p.m. Meeting of ball de bot schools with Aires des Pla de Marratxí and Festa Pagesa de Mancor de la Vall. Large tent

8:00 p.m. Concert by the Marratxí Municipal Music Band. They will perform the winning works of the First Fira del Fang Music Band Composition Contest. Church of Sant Marçal

Sunday March 12

11:00 a.m. Clothing exhibition and ball de bot with Asociación Folklórica Virgen de la Soledad de Malpartida (Cáceres)

4:30 p.m. family workshop

Exhibitions:

Souvenir, by Bernat Mayol Lay. Premi Benet Mas 2023. Museu del Fang.

A retrospective of the Fira. A look around the first fairs, with a photographic display and pieces of artistic ceramics from the municipal fund. Large tent

Sample of the students of the Municipal School of Ceramics Pilar Sastre

Sample of ceramic extracurricular students of the CEIP Costa i Llobera