The rituals of the Menorcan Festes de Sant Joan have remained unchanged since medieval times. On the Sunday prior to Saint John's Day, called the Diumenge des Be (Sunday of the Lamb), the committee gathers at the palace of the caixer senyor, where the flag is presented to the caixer fadri. After the fabioler
has played his first sounds on pipe and drum, the group sets out to
summon the authorities for the festivities. Accompanying them
barefooted is the Homo des Be, a man dressed in sheep skins,
and carrying on his shoulders a 1-year-old lamb which represents the
living symbol of Saint John the Baptist. The lamb has been washed and
combed regularly on each of the seven previous days, and is watched all
night to prevent it from getting dirty. In the early morning of the Day
of the Lamb, the animal is adorned with colored ribbons and painted
red crosses on its back.
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