WITH VAST parts of Spain – most notably Valencia, Castilla la Mancha, and parts of Málaga province – suffering catastophic flooding, Halloween 2024 was more subdued than usual. With three days of national mourning declared between 31 October and 2 November, many towns moved their events to Sunday November 3, while some were just cancelled. However, people still celebrated in their own way – whether at official or private events.
According to councillor for culture, Jesus Martin, Soportújar attracted 4,000 people to its ‘Noche de Brujas’ (withes night) on Saturday 2 November. The village was packed out – although tranquility has now returned, as was the case when the reporter visited on Tuesday 4th.
The spa town of Lanjarón turned its scheduled event into a fundraiser for flood victims, and did not upload content of Halloween night to social media: this is not the town’s usual approach.
Órgiva moved its Halloween event to the Sunday afternoon and toned it down, with no late night activities.
Capileira celebrated its chestnuts in style, with some interesting uploads.
The town of Maro, on the Costa Tropical, ran a large event called ‘Maroween’. Said British resident, Maria Block: “It was quite crowded in the daytime and in the evening there were huge crowds. The whole city was decorated, very creatively. There was a funfair and a scary track in a big tent. Most people dressed up – they looked great.”
In most towns around rural Granada, some form of ‘castañadas’ (chestnut roasting) was evident. Cáñar also had a barbecue, with beer and wine.
