Saint Sebastian away from Palma

While there are bonfires for Sant Sebastià in parts of Mallorca, albeit these are difficult to distinguish from bonfires for Sant Antoni, there is little by way of organised celebration. Tradition in Pollensa perhaps helps to explain why. Once upon a time, Sebastià was Pollensa's winter patron. This patronage passed to Antoni and was in keeping with how many parts of Mallorca made Antoni not just their winter saint but also adopted saint. Curiously though, tradition was maintained, and so on the evening of the day of Sebastià each year there are events in honour of the saint. One of these is the dance of the cavallets, and Pollensa is also a little odd in this respect in that the dancers are adults; they are normally children elsewhere in Mallorca. The horse figures are larger and more elaborate than others, probably because adults wear them and not children.