Beautiful ceremony in church…then at 4:02 wow, the human pyramide. Fantastic community event…what a huge giants. Rach and Wills, THANK you for this spectacle - this fabulous food, the crowds, the joy and unity. Like you I just wonder, why can’t the joy and peace last. The parade ooked like a representation of all nationalisties and cultures…Awesome fireworks. Oh I just saw the number 6.9K it’ll roll over to 7 while I’m not watching so my massive congrats 🎉 now! Fantastic coverage. This is a truly MEGA feast. 🥳👌🇳🇱🙋🏼♀️🥝💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Ah thanks Anita. Yes, when you see everyone coming together like that with nothing but pride and joy, it makes me sad about a lot of the rest of our world today! Everyone should experience a Spanish Festa! We've only just trickled into the 6.9 don't will be a while yet, but thank you anyway. Cheers 🍻
Wow now that is a festival. Fantastic seeing everyone enjoying and no one spoiling it. Great seeing the pride they have for their traditions. You both did a brilliant job. Especially you Wills. Looks like you need a good stash of t shirts. A great watch thoroughly enjoyed. Cheers to you both. 👍🏻🚶🏻♂️🚶🏼♀️🍺🍺
Two T-shirts died in the making of this video!! It was a small price to pay though. It's absolutely mental, but there are no idiots if that makes sense. We loved it! Cheers for watching - hope you're both well. 🍻
This was so fun to watch because we JUST left Rothenburg ob de Tauber... a medieval town in Bavaria which had their annual Imperial City Days. We loved the festival and it had many similar elements. We didn't have giants or human castles... but lots of singing, dancing, musical groups marching down the streets and pounding drums, and light shows, FIREWORKS (with red lighting making the town look aflame!) and my favourite part, lots of traditional costumes worn by hundreds of participants in the festival!
@@PostcardAndAPint yes, you definitely have to go! I need to find my picture of the Christmas truck in front of the Christmas store that I took the first day there. I took the photo to send you
@@PostcardAndAPint schneeballen! Baseball sized pastry snacks that look like "snowballs". Sort of. I'd forgotten how Christmassy Rottenburg is. Wills would love it.
@@MagentaOtterTravels I went there once. There is a tower, the town hall I think, with really steep stairs right at the top. Guess who fell down those stairs trying to film his descent. So yes I do have some lovely first person video of my slide down the stairs on tape somewhere. Yeah, tape. It was a while ago. 😂
@@ShaneNixonFamily oh no! I have been walking up a lot of ancient spiral stone staircases this summer. I have learned not to try to film whilst doing that!
Not really sure what we just watched, but glad you lived to tell the tale! That event was filled with some mad lads. Amazing fireworks! Top dancing Tony! Wills keep a safe distance from those kids!!
Those drummers had an Excellent rehearsal. The parade thru the streets looked great and that human towers is Amazing. Definitely got to be fearless. Lol It's great to see everyone pitching in to set up those Giants! All those traditions are Incredible. I can see how you two can easily get separated. 😮 So much crowds and things going on. The fireworks were Fantastic and yes, the reflection on the water was an added bonus. Ok...that fiery beast danced with total flares! Lolol That party, I guess, lasts endlessly! Lol This was Seriously Wonderful to see! Thanks for bringing this to us, Guys! Hope Ya'll are doing well.
Thank you so much for joining us. The Spanish certainly know how to hold a Festa! We loved every second and it's somewhere we've been longing to go back to since we started the channel to share with everyone! Wills burns are finally healing!! 🤣. Cheers for watching 🍻
omg, now i see this and its incredible, you lost one of the best parts that is "baixada de les escales" just after the fireworks at the church stairs, im one of the girls who dance with the ribbons at 0:50, its lovely how people from outside of the country admires our traditions as much as we do! we hope that you can come back soon to see more!! Which one of the folklore dances were your favorite? Did you prefer the eagle or the dragon?? Thanks for reporting our tradition!!!
@@LuciaGonzalez-wu6pl thank you so much for watching. We love Sitges! This was our 3rd Festa Major, but the first one since we started this channel so we knew we had to cover it for Postcard and a Pint. To be honest we were shattered after the fireworks!! But duly noted for next time! We loved all of the traditional dances and the ribbon dance was amazing. I'm glad we captured you on camera doing your thing! I also love the male dance with the sticks, it's like our morris dancing only a lot more masculine and better! I think we both like the dragon more, it always takes your breath away as it's the first fire beast you see. Your traditions are amazing. Cheers for watching 🍻
This may be the maddest, craziest, and most fun video we have watched in a very long time 😂🤯. Firstly, Sitches is beautiful, we are looking forward to your next video on the place itself as we think this would be right up our street,minus the crazy festa major, we will leave that to you two!😂. We think we can call the festival organised chaos? In as much as everyone was having a great time, but with respect for their traditions and the people around them. There is no way something like this could be held in the UK, you are right Rach, the UK could learn a lot from Spain 🙌. Loved every minute, from the giants, the parades, the dancing, the towers and of course those fireworks 🎆🤗. Your coverage of this was absolutely outstanding guys, honestly this belongs on the telly! 🙌. Well done Wills for getting in there! You only live once, but apparently, you can get burnt hundreds of times 😂 🔥🤕. Huge like from us as ever, One of our faves this, Have a great week, Shell and Pete 😊👊👍
Ah thanks guys you're way too kind! Yep, organised chaos is an excellent description for it! Two TShirts died in the making of this video!!! It's just a brilliant experience and everyone is so welcoming. We're really glad you enjoyed it! Wills still has one plaster on his arm - idiot!!! Cheers for watching and hopefully see you soon! 🍻
Beautiful Sitges, what an incredible place to visit! The parade is so cool and interesting to learn about, thank you Rach for sharing it all with us! Skinned alive... yyyyeck! hehe, glad to hear he's okay though haha! A great atmosphere and culture! It's really awesome to be able to see the process of the celebrations and of course watching it all piece together. What an incredible set up! Wow, seeing the Mortars go off, cool! Hahah, those dancing heads made me laugh! Hahah, but when the fireworks started, will's face made me giggle more! Loving this tradition though, so hectic and fun! Wow...the firework display is unreal! Really enjoyed watching it but can only imagine how magical that would have been in person! Hehe, oh Wills, the things you do for TH-cam! Well, thank you both for an incredible vlog and seeing Sitges! So fun!
Ah thanks so much guys, it was a mad few days but so much fun. It blows my mind that this is just normal over there, nothing like that would ever happen here. Everyone would be suing for burns or petitioning for the banning of it as their dogs are scared! We loved all the tradition and it's a brilliant place to visit even when they don't have a festa on. Cheers guys. We have an evening of vlogs lined up! Yours included - cheers 🍻
I’m from there and it’s so funny (in a good way) to see how you understand it all (you got almost everything pretty much well explained). You missed a few of the greatest moments of the 36 hours it lasts, so you could come back some time and end up living it to the fullest. Glad to see you enjoyed it, since we have a great feeling towards it that comes from generations!
Thank you so much. This comment means the world! Please can you tell us what we missed as we'd love to visit again and see it all! Maybe even the Santa Tecla version of it. Cheers for watching and you live in a gorgeous place. 🍻
Absolutely superb. Nobody in Europe does a parade like the Spanish. We've been to a few in Mallorca and The Canaries but nothing as epic as that. Well worth the burns and the holed T-shirts, Wills. Rach, I think you took the sensible option 😂.
It's a mental festival and you'd just love to see the risk assessment for it - or maybe they don't do one! It's a lot of fun, but yes, I do value my skin more than Wills! Cheers for watching. 🍻
That looked a phenomenal experience, what a cool tradition and we have to settle for squibs in Bridgewater, Somerset,😂. 'Wino forever' 💪. Like deployed 👍
This is next level crazy, felt dangerous just watching on the sofa, can I come out from behind the cushion yet? Amazing videography to catch everything 🔥 - what a great experience hope you took some burn cream 😂
Hahah you're allowed to come out from behind your cushion!!! It's mental isn't it! We loved every second and we're so glad we got to make this video having been to this Festa pre channel! Cheers for watching and yep, I forgot to take the burn cream!!! Cheers 🍻
We don’t allways comment but I’ve said it before, rach your are fantastic at voice overs , we could listen to you all night . How long do you spend on voice overs ? You put so much work into every single video ❤x
Ah thanks guys. Were the same these days. I pop on videos when I'm ironing or something and then don't comment! Were glad you're enjoying Ireland. The voice overs take longest to write! That can take up to 4 hours. Recording is relatively quick and so is putting them in!! We're chuffed to be where we are and hope to grow as big as your channel some day! Cheers 🍻
Ok been looking forward to this - This town we’ve never heard of but looks incredible even the Am Dram society ! St Barts - Patron saint - Hospital and a Caribbean paradise..and an excuse for one hell of a crazy party! The Castelles are so impressive as are the amazing giants ! Metallica shirt !! nice ! Maybe they wanted to burn it ?? What an awesome party 🎉! Such a community! OMG it was fun until they try and set you on fire 🔥 - OK so it’s a crazy place too ! So few people wearing eye protection! The eye clinic must have worked a double shift ! It’s wild!! What a fab few days - Thx for sharing this - And Wills got a festival shirt to replace the one he burned .. The photography was worth the burns hopefully.. Utterly brilliant this ! Thank you
Thanks guys. It's absolutely nuts and could never happen over here! Can you imagine the risk assessment! 🤣🤣🤣. The fireworks are just insane - not the display and the ones they randomly set off in the streets. I think he wrote off two t shirts over the 5 days we were there!!! Cheers 🍻
Wow what an incredible video, great presentation guys. Love the appropriate fire font! Shame about the AmDram. Mmm, tapas. Gosh they really go to town with their parades! Those Castles look a bit hairy, no health and safety concerns! 😂 wow the massive statues were great to see being prepared. Some cracking evening shots. Now that was a Galante morning if ever I heard one! We used to take a figurine out on walks with us and hide it in every photo for a while! The mortars will keep the seagulls away, they need to do that in Scarborough. The fireworks in the streets looks bonkers, great fun though. Very lively folk dancing. The castles are amazing. More great night time shots guys, did you use the GoPro for these or your iPhone? Such a great festival.the fireworks are mental! 👍
I did wonder how you were salvaging the Jimmy S reference, I won't lie! 😅It looks like you had a blast ... now go and whack a bit of Savlon on those burns, Wills!
I did actually sing the theme tune but Wills cut it!!! Rude! He's been on the germolene since we got back! It was an absolute blast, cheers for watching 🍻
Those castellers are nuts. As nutty as Wills trying to self immolate? Who knows? I reckon it is not a festival you'd wear your best Iron Maiden Tee too. Oh my, Jim will fix it and Rolf will paint it. I saw those big senors once somewhere in Spain. Can't remember where. I do not remember getting third degree burns so I am pretty sure there were no fireworks involved. We stumbled upon one of those big circle dances once in Barcelona. Beautiful and hypnotic to watch. So Sitges is just far enough from Barcelona to keep the British bucks parties away so no dickheads? It looks like a top spot to stop on a drive down the coast. Brilliant job putting all this together Rach and Wills. Nice work getting all the rehearsals and behind the scenes too. Next up go to the tomato chucking festival in Italy. 😂
Funny you should say that, I was telling Wills about the tomato festival on the place home!! Yep, 2 T-shirts died in the making of this video sadly! A lot of places do the giants thing, glad you got to see them burn free! Rolf Harris, I'd forgotten about him!!! Yup the Sardanas is quite hypnotic, it was pretty moving too - and definitely no dickhead Brits - well apart from us! Cheers 🍻
Eeee! That's a bit like the Buxton Carnival in July each year-albeit much more impressive-plus our Bonfire Night pyrotechnics display in November-at the same time. Well, it is much easier when you've got a 'fan-waving' sweaty (no thanks!) Spanish climate on a lovely coast. We have Morris Dancers from Chapel and Whaley and other towns and villages here. Great entertainment. Those sticks, BTW, are dangerous!
Oh my goodness, I'd be afraid that I'd light the hair on my head on fire...but wait...I ain't got much hair on my head!! LOL Yup, tapas were certainly well earned! I'd say this was one of those occasions for a festival that anything would have been a good reason for a festival! lol Not sure I would have survived this one...well, you might find me hiding in a alley somewhere away from those sparks! lol
Hardly anyone wears eye protection, but everyone definitely wears a hat!! I think we earnt that tapas too!! It's a mad bonkers festival but so much fun. Thanks for joining us. 🍻
Thank you so much, that's so nice to hear from a local. To be honest, all of it fascinates us as we have nothing at all like this in the U.K. cheers for watching 🍻
SITGES HAVE A BIUTIFULL FIREWORK DISPLAY CAUSE THE MAN WHO IS THE NUMBER ONE OR TWO IN FIREWORK DISPLAY COMPETITION IS FROM SITGES AND HE DO IS TRAINING IN SITGES
THANKS FOR SHOWING OUR CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE 3 COUPLES OF GEGANTS THE FIRST (THEY SEEM MORE MONARCHISTS) THE BOY IS JAUMA1 AND THE GIRL REPRESENT A WOMEN OF THOSE TIME'S. THE SECOND ONE'S (THE OTHER LARGE COUPLE) ARE THE ARABIC'S ONE WITH THE BOY NAMED FA-LUCH AND THE GIRL NAMED LA-HIA THEY REPRESENT A NRMAL ARABIC COUPLE AND THEY WERE THE FIRST GEGANTS OF SITGES AN THE LAS OUPLES ELS AMERICANOS (THE AMERICANS) OR ELS CUBANITOS (THE LITTLE CUBANS) THEY ARE THE SMALLEST ONES AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES CARRIED BY WOMENS, THEY DON'T HAVE NAME BUT THE PEOPLE OF SITGES CALL THEM PANXITO( THE BOY) AND PANTXITA (THE GIRL) THEY REPRESENT A CUPLE OF SITGES HO WENT TO CUBA TO DO MONEY AND WEN THEY FINALLY HAD A LOT OF MONEY THEY COME BACK TO SITGES. THAT'S WHY IN SIGES WE HAVE A STREET NAMED ILLA DE CUBA (ISLAND OF CUBA OR CUBA ISLAND) THANKS FOR SHEARING OUR CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD. ALL THIS TEXT IS ONLY A 10% OF FESTA MAJOR OF SITGES I WISS I CAN HAVE ALL THE DAY TO EXPLAIN. SEE YOU NEXT FESTA MAJOR!!! BYE
Thanks for watching and leaving this comment. You should write a blog or piece about the Festa Major in English as it was quite hard to find all the info about it. Thanks for telling us about the giants and history with Cuba, it's really fascinating. Cheers 🍻
Wow what an incredible video, great presentation guys. Love the appropriate fire font! Shame about the AmDram. Mmm, tapas. Gosh they really go to town with their parades! Those Castles look a bit hairy, no health and safety concerns! 😂 wow the massive statues were great to see being prepared. Some cracking evening shots. Now that was a Galante morning if ever I heard one! We used to take a figurine out on walks with us and hide it in every photo for a while! The mortars will keep the seagulls away, they need to do that in Scarborough. The fireworks in the streets looks bonkers, great fun though. Very lively folk dancing. The castles are amazing. More great night time shots guys, did you use the GoPro for these or your iPhone? Such a great festival.the fireworks are mental! 👍
Cheers guys. Yep many a hairy moment in a Spanish Festa, but so much fun and it would never be allowed here!! That's a good call on the mortars! Llandudno should follow suit as they attach people there! We used both go pro and phones. Wills's devices may have the odd burn mark on them! The whole thing is mental, but you've got to love the Spanish!! So looking forward to seeing your two in the Dolomites soon! Cheers 🍻
Beautiful ceremony in church…then at 4:02 wow, the human pyramide. Fantastic community event…what a huge giants. Rach and Wills, THANK you for this spectacle - this fabulous food, the crowds, the joy and unity. Like you I just wonder, why can’t the joy and peace last. The parade ooked like a representation of all nationalisties and cultures…Awesome fireworks. Oh I just saw the number 6.9K it’ll roll over to 7 while I’m not watching so my massive congrats 🎉 now! Fantastic coverage. This is a truly MEGA feast. 🥳👌🇳🇱🙋🏼♀️🥝💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Ah thanks Anita. Yes, when you see everyone coming together like that with nothing but pride and joy, it makes me sad about a lot of the rest of our world today! Everyone should experience a Spanish Festa! We've only just trickled into the 6.9 don't will be a while yet, but thank you anyway. Cheers 🍻
22:51 WOW!!!!!!!!!!
It's crazy isn't it!
A festival unlike any other I have seenn.. very cool, beautifully filmed!
It's mental!!! But everyone is so passionate about it and it's loads of fun. Cheers for watching 🍻
Wow now that is a festival. Fantastic seeing everyone enjoying and no one spoiling it. Great seeing the pride they have for their traditions. You both did a brilliant job. Especially you Wills. Looks like you need a good stash of t shirts. A great watch thoroughly enjoyed. Cheers to you both. 👍🏻🚶🏻♂️🚶🏼♀️🍺🍺
Two T-shirts died in the making of this video!! It was a small price to pay though. It's absolutely mental, but there are no idiots if that makes sense. We loved it! Cheers for watching - hope you're both well. 🍻
23:01 OUCH! Great shots though! 😆💥
Lots of ouch! But fun!
Absolutely fabulous presentation, what a fantastic memorable time you both had. Felt like we were there with you.. gracias 💃🎆🍹🌮
Thank you so much. It's a very crazy festival, but so much fun. Cheers for watching 🍻
much to see from the festival and more looks like some fun was had
thumbs up👍Au💯full view always
Thanks Billy. It was very loud!!! Cheers for watching 🍻
This was so fun to watch because we JUST left Rothenburg ob de Tauber... a medieval town in Bavaria which had their annual Imperial City Days. We loved the festival and it had many similar elements. We didn't have giants or human castles... but lots of singing, dancing, musical groups marching down the streets and pounding drums, and light shows, FIREWORKS (with red lighting making the town look aflame!) and my favourite part, lots of traditional costumes worn by hundreds of participants in the festival!
Jealous!!!! That is somewhere that's so up in our list to visit (Christmas and all that!). Sounds like it was a really fun festival. 🍻
@@PostcardAndAPint yes, you definitely have to go! I need to find my picture of the Christmas truck in front of the Christmas store that I took the first day there. I took the photo to send you
@@PostcardAndAPint schneeballen! Baseball sized pastry snacks that look like "snowballs". Sort of. I'd forgotten how Christmassy Rottenburg is. Wills would love it.
@@MagentaOtterTravels I went there once. There is a tower, the town hall I think, with really steep stairs right at the top. Guess who fell down those stairs trying to film his descent. So yes I do have some lovely first person video of my slide down the stairs on tape somewhere. Yeah, tape. It was a while ago. 😂
@@ShaneNixonFamily oh no! I have been walking up a lot of ancient spiral stone staircases this summer. I have learned not to try to film whilst doing that!
Not really sure what we just watched, but glad you lived to tell the tale! That event was filled with some mad lads. Amazing fireworks! Top dancing Tony! Wills keep a safe distance from those kids!!
It's mad isn't it!! But it's so much fun too!! Wills is all healed now. Cheers 🍻
Those drummers had an Excellent rehearsal.
The parade thru the streets looked great and that human towers is Amazing. Definitely got to be fearless. Lol
It's great to see everyone pitching in to set up those Giants!
All those traditions are Incredible.
I can see how you two can easily get separated. 😮 So much crowds and things going on.
The fireworks were Fantastic and yes, the reflection on the water was an added bonus.
Ok...that fiery beast danced with total flares! Lolol
That party, I guess, lasts endlessly! Lol
This was Seriously Wonderful to see!
Thanks for bringing this to us, Guys!
Hope Ya'll are doing well.
Thank you so much for joining us. The Spanish certainly know how to hold a Festa! We loved every second and it's somewhere we've been longing to go back to since we started the channel to share with everyone! Wills burns are finally healing!! 🤣. Cheers for watching 🍻
That's one amazing festival! I loved the hat bobbing and generally in time as well!
Gotta love a bit of hat bobbing!! Bonus when it's in time!! Cheers so much for watching. It's certainly a crazy festa! 🍻
Joke at the end was amazing!! 😂🇪🇸
Really!!!! Don't encourage him! 🍻
Love this well done & great to meet you in Wrexham yesterday!
It was so good to meet you too. Great game wasn't it! Cheers for watching 🍻
Hey Paul, just to let you know that we've just posted a short bonus video from the Wrexham game, and you're in it!!! Cheers x @paulwycherley9076
My goodness! You two really are living life to the full aren't you!! See you soon. Warm wishes from Millionaire Paul 👋
We've wanted to share this Festa for ages. We've been before, pre postcard, so it was lovely to go back. See you soon. 🍻
omg, now i see this and its incredible, you lost one of the best parts that is "baixada de les escales" just after the fireworks at the church stairs, im one of the girls who dance with the ribbons at 0:50, its lovely how people from outside of the country admires our traditions as much as we do! we hope that you can come back soon to see more!! Which one of the folklore dances were your favorite? Did you prefer the eagle or the dragon?? Thanks for reporting our tradition!!!
@@LuciaGonzalez-wu6pl thank you so much for watching. We love Sitges! This was our 3rd Festa Major, but the first one since we started this channel so we knew we had to cover it for Postcard and a Pint. To be honest we were shattered after the fireworks!! But duly noted for next time! We loved all of the traditional dances and the ribbon dance was amazing. I'm glad we captured you on camera doing your thing! I also love the male dance with the sticks, it's like our morris dancing only a lot more masculine and better! I think we both like the dragon more, it always takes your breath away as it's the first fire beast you see. Your traditions are amazing. Cheers for watching 🍻
This may be the maddest, craziest, and most fun video we have watched in a very long time 😂🤯. Firstly, Sitches is beautiful, we are looking forward to your next video on the place itself as we think this would be right up our street,minus the crazy festa major, we will leave that to you two!😂. We think we can call the festival organised chaos? In as much as everyone was having a great time, but with respect for their traditions and the people around them. There is no way something like this could be held in the UK, you are right Rach, the UK could learn a lot from Spain 🙌. Loved every minute, from the giants, the parades, the dancing, the towers and of course those fireworks 🎆🤗. Your coverage of this was absolutely outstanding guys, honestly this belongs on the telly! 🙌. Well done Wills for getting in there! You only live once, but apparently, you can get burnt hundreds of times 😂 🔥🤕.
Huge like from us as ever,
One of our faves this,
Have a great week,
Shell and Pete 😊👊👍
Ah thanks guys you're way too kind! Yep, organised chaos is an excellent description for it! Two TShirts died in the making of this video!!! It's just a brilliant experience and everyone is so welcoming. We're really glad you enjoyed it! Wills still has one plaster on his arm - idiot!!! Cheers for watching and hopefully see you soon! 🍻
What a celebration!!!! I consider you both brave! Wills thanks for taking one for the TH-cam team! Great video guys! ~Cara ❤
Hahaha he loved it! It's such a crazy festival, but there is such a good atmosphere there. Cheers for watching 🍻
Beautiful Sitges, what an incredible place to visit! The parade is so cool and interesting to learn about, thank you Rach for sharing it all with us! Skinned alive... yyyyeck! hehe, glad to hear he's okay though haha! A great atmosphere and culture! It's really awesome to be able to see the process of the celebrations and of course watching it all piece together. What an incredible set up! Wow, seeing the Mortars go off, cool! Hahah, those dancing heads made me laugh! Hahah, but when the fireworks started, will's face made me giggle more! Loving this tradition though, so hectic and fun! Wow...the firework display is unreal! Really enjoyed watching it but can only imagine how magical that would have been in person! Hehe, oh Wills, the things you do for TH-cam! Well, thank you both for an incredible vlog and seeing Sitges! So fun!
Ah thanks so much guys, it was a mad few days but so much fun. It blows my mind that this is just normal over there, nothing like that would ever happen here. Everyone would be suing for burns or petitioning for the banning of it as their dogs are scared! We loved all the tradition and it's a brilliant place to visit even when they don't have a festa on. Cheers guys. We have an evening of vlogs lined up! Yours included - cheers 🍻
I’m from there and it’s so funny (in a good way) to see how you understand it all (you got almost everything pretty much well explained). You missed a few of the greatest moments of the 36 hours it lasts, so you could come back some time and end up living it to the fullest. Glad to see you enjoyed it, since we have a great feeling towards it that comes from generations!
Thank you so much. This comment means the world! Please can you tell us what we missed as we'd love to visit again and see it all! Maybe even the Santa Tecla version of it. Cheers for watching and you live in a gorgeous place. 🍻
Thank you so much, what a lovely comment. We’d love to know what we missed and we’d love to go back again and see even more. Thanks again
Crikey so much going on , bet you both loved it, hope you had a lie in the next morning 😊
Cheers!!! Nope never, we had to check out the next day and move to Salou to visit my niece!! Cheers for watching 🍻
@@PostcardAndAPint oh yeah good point , having to check out
Oh my, this is bang up my street! ISTD National was never like this!!
What a fabulous, mad place. Yikes! N&Nx
It would have been a whole lot more interesting if it was 🤣. Cheers for watching 🍻
Absolutely superb. Nobody in Europe does a parade like the Spanish. We've been to a few in Mallorca and The Canaries but nothing as epic as that. Well worth the burns and the holed T-shirts, Wills. Rach, I think you took the sensible option 😂.
It's a mental festival and you'd just love to see the risk assessment for it - or maybe they don't do one! It's a lot of fun, but yes, I do value my skin more than Wills! Cheers for watching. 🍻
That looked a phenomenal experience, what a cool tradition and we have to settle for squibs in Bridgewater, Somerset,😂.
'Wino forever' 💪.
Like deployed 👍
Cheers Jock. It's one heck of a festival!!! Cheers 🍻
This is next level crazy, felt dangerous just watching on the sofa, can I come out from behind the cushion yet? Amazing videography to catch everything 🔥 - what a great experience hope you took some burn cream 😂
Hahah you're allowed to come out from behind your cushion!!! It's mental isn't it! We loved every second and we're so glad we got to make this video having been to this Festa pre channel! Cheers for watching and yep, I forgot to take the burn cream!!! Cheers 🍻
Nice job using a random stranger as a meat shield to protect you from firework burns Rach!
Absolutely!! Chose the biggest one available!
@@PostcardAndAPint 🤣
We don’t allways comment but I’ve said it before, rach your are fantastic at voice overs , we could listen to you all night .
How long do you spend on voice overs ? You put so much work into every single video ❤x
Ah thanks guys. Were the same these days. I pop on videos when I'm ironing or something and then don't comment! Were glad you're enjoying Ireland. The voice overs take longest to write! That can take up to 4 hours. Recording is relatively quick and so is putting them in!! We're chuffed to be where we are and hope to grow as big as your channel some day! Cheers 🍻
Ok been looking forward to this - This town we’ve never heard of but looks incredible even the Am Dram society ! St Barts - Patron saint - Hospital and a Caribbean paradise..and an excuse for one hell of a crazy party!
The Castelles are so impressive as are the amazing giants ! Metallica shirt !! nice ! Maybe they wanted to burn it ??
What an awesome party 🎉! Such a community!
OMG it was fun until they try and set you on fire 🔥 - OK so it’s a crazy place too !
So few people wearing eye protection! The eye clinic must have worked a double shift ! It’s wild!!
What a fab few days - Thx for sharing this - And Wills got a festival shirt to replace the one he burned .. The photography was worth the burns hopefully..
Utterly brilliant this ! Thank you
Thanks guys. It's absolutely nuts and could never happen over here! Can you imagine the risk assessment! 🤣🤣🤣. The fireworks are just insane - not the display and the ones they randomly set off in the streets. I think he wrote off two t shirts over the 5 days we were there!!! Cheers 🍻
I knew you’d make your deadline Wills!!!
It was close!!!
La mejor fiesta visca la festa major
@@iker3334 Gracias por mirar 🍻
It takes away a little of the magic putting the Giants together if front of everyone. It’s like seeing the actor putting on the Mickey Mouse costume.
It's cool though too watching the whole community come together to build them. But I guess we know what you mean!!! Cheers 🍻
Wow what an incredible video, great presentation guys. Love the appropriate fire font! Shame about the AmDram. Mmm, tapas. Gosh they really go to town with their parades! Those Castles look a bit hairy, no health and safety concerns! 😂 wow the massive statues were great to see being prepared. Some cracking evening shots. Now that was a Galante morning if ever I heard one! We used to take a figurine out on walks with us and hide it in every photo for a while! The mortars will keep the seagulls away, they need to do that in Scarborough. The fireworks in the streets looks bonkers, great fun though. Very lively folk dancing. The castles are amazing. More great night time shots guys, did you use the GoPro for these or your iPhone? Such a great festival.the fireworks are mental! 👍
You can't beat a bit of tapas!!!
I did wonder how you were salvaging the Jimmy S reference, I won't lie! 😅It looks like you had a blast ... now go and whack a bit of Savlon on those burns, Wills!
I did actually sing the theme tune but Wills cut it!!! Rude! He's been on the germolene since we got back! It was an absolute blast, cheers for watching 🍻
I did Google “Jim’ll fix it” and I see that he worked on K-9. Pretty cool!
Carry on googling - he was a very disturbed person!!!
Those castellers are nuts. As nutty as Wills trying to self immolate? Who knows? I reckon it is not a festival you'd wear your best Iron Maiden Tee too. Oh my, Jim will fix it and Rolf will paint it.
I saw those big senors once somewhere in Spain. Can't remember where. I do not remember getting third degree burns so I am pretty sure there were no fireworks involved. We stumbled upon one of those big circle dances once in Barcelona. Beautiful and hypnotic to watch.
So Sitges is just far enough from Barcelona to keep the British bucks parties away so no dickheads? It looks like a top spot to stop on a drive down the coast.
Brilliant job putting all this together Rach and Wills. Nice work getting all the rehearsals and behind the scenes too.
Next up go to the tomato chucking festival in Italy. 😂
Funny you should say that, I was telling Wills about the tomato festival on the place home!! Yep, 2 T-shirts died in the making of this video sadly! A lot of places do the giants thing, glad you got to see them burn free! Rolf Harris, I'd forgotten about him!!! Yup the Sardanas is quite hypnotic, it was pretty moving too - and definitely no dickhead Brits - well apart from us! Cheers 🍻
Eeee! That's a bit like the Buxton Carnival in July each year-albeit much more impressive-plus our Bonfire Night pyrotechnics display in November-at the same time. Well, it is much easier when you've got a 'fan-waving' sweaty (no thanks!) Spanish climate on a lovely coast. We have Morris Dancers from Chapel and Whaley and other towns and villages here. Great entertainment. Those sticks, BTW, are dangerous!
Oo Buxton Carnival sounds fun! We'll have to check that out. The Festa Major, is nuts- but so much fun. Cheers for watching 🍻
Oh no! Sound problems in a performance are probably torture for Wills to listen to!
Bless them, I think the show meant a lot to the community, but it was weird!!
Oh my goodness, I'd be afraid that I'd light the hair on my head on fire...but wait...I ain't got much hair on my head!! LOL Yup, tapas were certainly well earned! I'd say this was one of those occasions for a festival that anything would have been a good reason for a festival! lol Not sure I would have survived this one...well, you might find me hiding in a alley somewhere away from those sparks! lol
Hardly anyone wears eye protection, but everyone definitely wears a hat!! I think we earnt that tapas too!! It's a mad bonkers festival but so much fun. Thanks for joining us. 🍻
How many people went to the emergency room that day????
That's normal life in Spain! There is no way that could happen in the UK!! Cheers for watching Ken 🍻🍻
Rachel, you’re a choreographer of dance. Did they hire you or were you there just for fun?
I don't do that so much these days! I was definitely there for fun! 🍻
the goods things of festa mayor is the 23 of agost and 24 the full day of the procecion im from sitges
Thank you so much, that's so nice to hear from a local. To be honest, all of it fascinates us as we have nothing at all like this in the U.K. cheers for watching 🍻
SITGES HAVE A BIUTIFULL FIREWORK DISPLAY CAUSE THE MAN WHO IS THE NUMBER ONE OR TWO IN FIREWORK DISPLAY COMPETITION IS FROM SITGES AND HE DO IS TRAINING IN SITGES
Cool. It's the best display we've ever seen. Incredible 🍻
THANKS FOR SHOWING OUR CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE 3 COUPLES OF GEGANTS THE FIRST (THEY SEEM MORE MONARCHISTS) THE BOY IS JAUMA1 AND THE GIRL REPRESENT A WOMEN OF THOSE TIME'S. THE SECOND ONE'S (THE OTHER LARGE COUPLE) ARE THE ARABIC'S ONE WITH THE BOY NAMED FA-LUCH AND THE GIRL NAMED LA-HIA THEY REPRESENT A NRMAL ARABIC COUPLE AND THEY WERE THE FIRST GEGANTS OF SITGES AN THE LAS OUPLES ELS AMERICANOS (THE AMERICANS) OR ELS CUBANITOS (THE LITTLE CUBANS) THEY ARE THE SMALLEST ONES AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES CARRIED BY WOMENS, THEY DON'T HAVE NAME BUT THE PEOPLE OF SITGES CALL THEM PANXITO( THE BOY) AND PANTXITA (THE GIRL) THEY REPRESENT A CUPLE OF SITGES HO WENT TO CUBA TO DO MONEY AND WEN THEY FINALLY HAD A LOT OF MONEY THEY COME BACK TO SITGES. THAT'S WHY IN SIGES WE HAVE A STREET NAMED ILLA DE CUBA (ISLAND OF CUBA OR CUBA ISLAND) THANKS FOR SHEARING OUR CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD. ALL THIS TEXT IS ONLY A 10% OF FESTA MAJOR OF SITGES I WISS I CAN HAVE ALL THE DAY TO EXPLAIN. SEE YOU NEXT FESTA MAJOR!!!
BYE
Thanks for watching and leaving this comment. You should write a blog or piece about the Festa Major in English as it was quite hard to find all the info about it. Thanks for telling us about the giants and history with Cuba, it's really fascinating. Cheers 🍻
Did they eventually throw the child in white into a volcano? 🤣😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. No Ken! Her parents were following the parade and looked so proud. 🍻
ONE LAST THINK IN SPAIN THIS DON'T HAPPEND ONLY IN CATALUNYA
Yes we've seen that there are lots of similar festivals. We love Sitges though. 🍻
and next year if you go back ask a demon to use is maze they can let it to you to do the fire so you can try
We did see a few people doing that. I'm sure Wills would be up for it! Thanks for watching. 🍻
Wow what an incredible video, great presentation guys. Love the appropriate fire font! Shame about the AmDram. Mmm, tapas. Gosh they really go to town with their parades! Those Castles look a bit hairy, no health and safety concerns! 😂 wow the massive statues were great to see being prepared. Some cracking evening shots. Now that was a Galante morning if ever I heard one! We used to take a figurine out on walks with us and hide it in every photo for a while! The mortars will keep the seagulls away, they need to do that in Scarborough. The fireworks in the streets looks bonkers, great fun though. Very lively folk dancing. The castles are amazing. More great night time shots guys, did you use the GoPro for these or your iPhone? Such a great festival.the fireworks are mental! 👍
Cheers guys. Yep many a hairy moment in a Spanish Festa, but so much fun and it would never be allowed here!! That's a good call on the mortars! Llandudno should follow suit as they attach people there! We used both go pro and phones. Wills's devices may have the odd burn mark on them! The whole thing is mental, but you've got to love the Spanish!! So looking forward to seeing your two in the Dolomites soon! Cheers 🍻