Thursday, December 11, 2025
Songbook: ‘El Cant de la Sibil·la’ (Júlia Colom's Mallorcan Christmas Eve Tradition)
Charis McGowan hears how an ancient song survived centuries to become a Mallorcan Xmas tradition, and a core influence to Júlia Colom’s Balearic folk
Júlia Colom (right); performing ‘El Cant de la Sibil·la’ on Christmas eve, aged six (left)
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