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Virgen del Pilar, the October festival

On 12 October, once the beaches have emptied, Formentera celebrates the Virgen del Pilar. It is one of the festivals that best explains the island out of season: it is held for those who live here, not for those who come to watch.

Ball pagès at the Pilar festival: dancers in traditional dress in front of the white church of El Pilar de la Mola
Photo: Joan Gené · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0 · cropped
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