Sant Antoni del Porquet

Sant Antoni del Porquet, in mid-January

One of the oldest traditions of Finestrat is preserved through the celebration of Sant Antoni del Porquet "pig raising for the party. Formerly the local youths roamed the streets of the town house by house, one week before the January 17, collecting food for the party, so that each family had to donate some sweet food. The festival of Sant Antoni is celebrated on the solstice and continues the tradition to young people go walking the pig and collecting donations from residents, house by house. As a final point, it holds an auction of the material collected and the pig raffle among all participants.