perjantai 21. helmikuuta 2020

Year of the rat

°
People, you remember SonServera as our everlasting
new year's party location.
Been there also on many Fridays visiting the street market.
And only today found this sculpture.


Es pastoret.

"Es pastoret" wurde von dem in der Region lebenden Künstler Eduardo Servera 
geschaffen.  Das Denkmal erinnert an eine schwere Pestepidemie, die Son Servera 
1820 traf und an der 1040 der damals 1808 Bewohner des Orts starben.


Found the story in English, as well:

The story tells us that in the month of May 1820 a ship that had set sail from 
Tangiers moored off our coast to bury a member of its crew who had died in 
mysterious circumstances. They buried him in the sand on the beach and covered
 him with a cloak. The curse came about when a short time later a local man 
passed by and, seeing the cloak, picked it up and put it on to protect himself 
from the damp of the night. He died the next day and within a short time 
another 50 people were dead.

Read the whole story here:


The Year of the Metal Rat comes right after the Year of the Earth Pig (2019) 
and before the Year of the Metal Ox (2021)

According to the 2020 Chinese horoscope, the Lunar New Year starts on Saturday, 
January 25th and ends on February 11th, 2021. The Rat is the first sign from the 12 
animals cycle of the Chinese Astrology, and for this reason, 2020 is considered 
a year of new beginnings and renewals.



Another story: lost this key in the beginning of January.
Found it today. Well, basically too late, had to  buy a new lock.


These wild beauties appear now.


Yellow is THE colour of spring!





Ei kommentteja: