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HERRADÓN DE PINARES
AVILA, SPAIN PARTY IN MAY |
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1st, 2nd and 3rd May
These festivities consist of the worship of Our Lady by the sisters of the village. The day before the festival begins, Our Lady is carried down from the hermitage in a procession to the church. Then, the two sisters of the year offer bread and lemonade to everybody. Throughout the night, a celebratory, open-air dance takes place.
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3rd May
This is the celebration day of the brotherhood of The Saint Cross which is held in the village with a mass, a procession honouring Jesus Christ in The Cross and Our Lady of La Antigua, and a banquet with bread and lemonade to the sound of drums and dulzainas, as tradition commands. |
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Stewards carrying the output the Virgin |
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FORMER VIRGIN OF THE |
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JESUS ON THE CROSS |