{"id":5219,"date":"2012-06-28T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T19:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2012-06-28T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T19:09:56","slug":"lanjaron-fiesta-del-agua-y-del-jamon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/lanjaron-fiesta-del-agua-y-del-jamon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lanjar\u00f3n: Fiesta del agua y del jam\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hace pocos d\u00edas fue San Juan, y estoy segura de que sab\u00e9is que esta es una celebraci\u00f3n muy especial en Espa\u00f1a. Pod\u00e9is leer el post que escrib\u00ed al respecto pinchando <a title=\"Noche de San Juan\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/noche-de-san-juan\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.\u00a0 Hoy quiero explicar c\u00f3mo se celebra en un lugar en concreto: Lanjar\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lanjar\u00f3n es una peque\u00f1a ciudad situada en la parte occidental de la Alpujarra Granadina. Cada a\u00f1o, desde 1980, sus habitantes celebran el solsticio de verano en honor a San Juan Bautista, con la Fiesta del Agua y del Jam\u00f3n. Debo deciros algo: no esper\u00e9is demasiado jam\u00f3n, \u00a1pero si mucho agua!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">En la medianoche del 23 de Junio comienza la batalla de agua m\u00e1s grande de Espa\u00f1a. No solo los vecinos locales, sino los visitantes, se ponen chorreando unos a otros con pistolas de agua y calderos. Incluso las mujeres m\u00e1s mayores empapan a la multitud desde sus balcones, usando mangueras y cubos. Algunas son lo suficientemente mal\u00e9volas para tener esa agua en el frigor\u00edfico\u2026 \u00bfpod\u00e9is imaginar la impresi\u00f3n cuando os calan hasta los huesos con esa agua tan fr\u00eda? De todas formas, la guerra es tan intensa que no importa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cuando suena la sirena se acaba el agua, y la gente precavida que llev\u00f3 una muda seca se cambia de ropa, y se va a tomar unas tapas (llega el momento del jam\u00f3n), mientras ven los fuegos artificiales y disfrutan de las fiestas. \u00bfNo cre\u00e9is que merece la pena ponerse chorreando?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lanjar\u00f3n carrera del Agua Fiestas de San Juan 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuMPPbs8HYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some days ago it was Saint John\u00b4s day, and I\u00b4m sure you all know this is a very special celebration here in Spain. You can read the post I wrote about that <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/noche-de-san-juan\/\">here<\/a>. Today I want to explain how it is celebrated in a particular place: Lanjar\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lanjar\u00f3n is a very small city located in the western part of the Granada Alpujarra. Each year since 1980, its inhabitants celebrate Midsummer&#8217;s Eve in honour of San Juan Bautista (John the Baptist) with its Fiesta del Agua y del Jamon (Water and Ham Festival). I have to tell you: don\u2019t expect too much ham, but a lot of water!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On 23 June at midnight, it starts the biggest water fight in Spain. Not only locals, but also visitants soak each other with water guns and buckets. Even old ladies water the crowd from their balconies, using hose pipes and buckets. Some are wicked enough to have kept water in the fridge\u2026 can you imagine the feeling when you are soaked to the bone with such cold water? Nevertheless, the fight is so intense that you don\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When the whistle blows the water is over, and the cautious people who got some dry clothes change them, and go to have some tapas (ham time), while watching the fireworks and enjoying the festival. Don\u2019t you think it\u2019s worth getting wet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hace pocos d\u00edas fue San Juan, y estoy segura de que sab\u00e9is que esta es una celebraci\u00f3n muy especial en Espa\u00f1a. Pod\u00e9is leer el post que escrib\u00ed al respecto pinchando aqu\u00ed.\u00a0 Hoy quiero explicar c\u00f3mo se celebra en un lugar en concreto: Lanjar\u00f3n. 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