{"id":65690,"date":"2026-06-24T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=65690"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:33:12","slug":"the-images-of-a-night-of-saint-john-in-one-of-the-coastal-parishes-of-vigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/06\/24\/the-images-of-a-night-of-saint-john-in-one-of-the-coastal-parishes-of-vigo\/","title":{"rendered":"The images of a night of Saint John in one of the coastal parishes of Vigo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the day of Saint John the Baptist, a day during which Galicia celebrates an ancient tradition of making bonfires at midnight.<\/p>\n

A spectacular sunset in time-lapse in the small paradise of the Vigo Estuary<\/a><\/rel>
\nSaliente de Coya, the little-known story of Vigo's most popular viewpoint<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Yesterday I had the opportunity to experience this tradition in Corujo<\/a>, one of the coastal parishes of the city of Vigo. Year after year, this parish organizes a neighborhood bonfire in the esplanade next to the beautiful Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Vao<\/strong>, a small stone church built in 1952 and designed by the architect Antonio Rom\u00e1n Conde. In the images we can see some of the customs of this celebration<\/strong>, such as jumping over the bonfire (for safety reasons a smaller bonfire is lit to one side for this), as well as students throwing their notes into the flames once the school year has ended.<\/p>\n

This year there were a lot of people at the bonfires in Vigo since it's a public holiday throughout Galicia<\/strong> (the holiday for Galician Literature Day was moved because it fell on a Sunday). In other years, bagpipe music could be heard at this bonfire in Corujo<\/strong>, which was lovely, but this time they opted for a DJ playing current music, which attracted a lot of young people. Personally, I prefer the bagpipes.<\/p>\n

This is the first night of Saint John without my father<\/strong>, although I know he was with us in a way. We've spent many years following this tradition together, and in every place we've been together, his memory is especially alive for us.<\/p>\n

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