{"id":5118,"date":"2026-01-19T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:23:47","slug":"san-sebastian-day-100-years-since-the-first-flag-raising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/san-sebastian-day-100-years-since-the-first-flag-raising\/","title":{"rendered":"SAN SEBASTI\u00c1N DAY: 100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST FLAG RAISING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bagera, gu ere bai\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only a few hours remain until midnight. In just a short while, we will welcome San Sebasti\u00e1n Day, the day of our city\u2019s patron saint. Before long, the familiar notes of the San Sebasti\u00e1n March will fill the streets once again, and we will sing and drum from the first moment until the day comes to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 20th is known above all as a day of celebration. It is a day that truly reflects who we are as people of San Sebasti\u00e1n: joyful, musical, and always ready to celebrate. To understand this spirit, one only has to look back to the origins of our anthem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of the 19th century, during the War of Independence, San Sebasti\u00e1n was occupied by French troops. In those days, the sound of military drums was a constant presence in the city. Local water carriers and cooks turned those rhythms into playful imitation, using barrels and spoons to echo the soldiers\u2019 beats and spreading the sound throughout the streets. By the end of the century, composer Raimundo Sarriegi and writer Seraf\u00edn Baroja transformed that popular tradition into the march that continues to move us today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 19th, 1926, the flag of San Sebasti\u00e1n was raised for the first time in Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n, marking the beginning of the celebration as we know it today. In just a few hours, we will be marking 100 years since that first night when the square came alive with drums, smiles, and the excitement of welcoming the most special day of the year. If this feeling has returned year after year for the people of San Sebasti\u00e1n, what awaits us tomorrow truly needs no words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Hotel Parma, just a short walk from Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n, we are also celebrating, dressed in the colours of our beloved city. You are warmly invited to join us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gu beti pozez, beti alai!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bagera, gu ere bai\u2026 Only a few hours remain until midnight. In just a short while, we will welcome San Sebasti\u00e1n Day, the day of our city\u2019s patron saint. Before long, the familiar notes of the San Sebasti\u00e1n March will fill the streets once again, and we will sing and drum from the first moment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5119,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5118\/revisions\/5119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelparma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}