The troupes had already collected their banners
Sunday 4th September 2016
The Pinada square of Santa Ponça was the scenario of the banners ceremony and the presentation of the kings of the festivities: Pau Valls (King Jaume I) and Manuel Machado (King Abú Yahya).
Representatives of all the colles (troupes), the Municipal Music Band of Calvià and the Cavallers (horse riders) of Calvià participated in the theatrical and musical event.
Subsequently, the Municipal Music Band of Calvià, directed by Josep Oliver Rubio, played La joia en el si de la mar, created especially for the Fiesta, with text by Bartomeu Ignasi Oliver i Vidal and music by Mario Errea. Narrator: Gaspar Servera / Soloist: Joana Oliver Rubio
The play narrates the events that took place during the conquest of Mallorca in 1229 and that the Christian troops starred with the King Jaume I at the front.