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The Moors and Christians Festival in Benissa

The Moors and Christians Festival is coming to Benissa this week . They will be celebrating this magical colourful “Fiesta”  from the 24th to the 28th of June. Here is some useful information about what is lined up for the Moors and Christians of 2010.

Programme Fiestas Moors y Christians 2010 Benissa:

- Thursday, June 24th : 22:00 All the ranks (“Filaes”) meet up at the Castle and celebrate the  Dinner of the Brotherhood ( La Cena de la Hermandad).

- Friday 25th June: at 23:00  presentation ceremony of the Banderines, Abanderados, Ambassadors and Captains followed by the Proclamation of the Fiesta.
- Saturday June 26th: at 19:30  the offering Mass in honor of St. Peter the Apostle .

At 23:30 the Siege of the Moors from the Convent to the Square,  later the capture of the castle by the Moors.

- Sunday June 27th : Grand Parade of all of Benissa “Filaes”, this year the Moorish Captains   belong to the “Filá” ( Rank)  “Taifes Esclaus” and the Christian Captains are in the “Corsaria” rank.

- Monday, June 28th : 12:00 the siege ,recapturing and conquest of the Castle by the Christians. At 20: 00 humorous parade put on by the different “Filaes”.