Every January in Manlleu and in other places took place the “Festa dels Tonis”. This celebration is about St. Antoni, the protector of the farmers and the animals.
The main celebration is “el Passant dels Tres Tombs”. The participants ride horses or go with carts through the main streets of the town. The principal participants are the flagman and the two people who go together with, holding the cords. The Passant lasts all the morning and finishes in the Plaça Fra. Bernadí. Then, the “Ball del Ciri” begins. This dance is a typical dance whose couples dance in the middle of the square. The women dance with a bunch of buxus with a white candle and the men wear a hat. At first dance the children and then the flagman and the cordmen.
This party is very important for me and my family because we always have participated in all the acts and my grandfather had been the president of the “Gremi” for some years.
"Habitants de la vil·la de Manlleu, qui de burro en amunt no celebri la festa de St. Antoni pagarà un bot de vi d'alella!"
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