The city of Binissalem, Mallorca, takes the third Friday of September off. The whole town. And then that evening they all put tables and chairs out in the streets and have what can only be described as literally a community meal.
Yes, literally, because all 8,000 people in town, along with as many as 12,000 visitors, sit down at the table with each other in the sopar a la fresca. Folks work with their neighbors as to how big the group will be, who will cook and who will supply tables and chairs, who will help set up and take down, and so on.
Mallorca (sometimes spelled "Majorca," because both the double-l and the j in Spanish are most often voiced as a "y,") is a Mediterranean island belonging to Spain. It's the biggest of an autonomous group of islands called the Balearics. And a place it might be fun to visit long about that third Friday in September in order to join the village in its highest achievement.
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