Until August 2 in Pollensa there will be the festivities in honour of their patron saint, a civic-religious celebration that dates from the first years of the Catalan conquest.

The central event of the festivities is the mock battle between the Moors and Christians, to commemorate the battle by the people of Pollença against 1,500 Moors led by the pirate Dragut, that took place on May 30 in 1550. Pollensa received on that day the most important pirate attack they had ever experienced. The battle was won thanks to the help off Joan Mas, who went out in the main street, warned everyone of the danger and ran heroically into battle against his adversaries. The mock battle was incorporated into the fiesta programme in the middle of the 19th century to recreate a historical fact that is very much in the memory of the people of Pollensa. This created a very colourful and lively celebration that counts on the participation of practically the whole town, with the Christians dressed in white and Dragut’s followers in multi colours.

The celebration is announced at 5 a.m. on August 2, with a dance and then the band plays the “Alborada”. Throughout the day are held the Mass and the Oferta dels Cossiers (11 a.m.), the procession and the Mock Battle (7 p.m.). Once the battle is over, at about 9.30 p.m. all the Christians go to the church to sing the te-Deum and the hymn to the “mother of God of the Angels”. Afterwards on leaving the church, the band plays the “Alborada” again and the fiesta finishes by singing the “Visca Pollença” followed by a great firework display.