FESTIVITIES OF SAN ISIDRO AND CARMEN

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10.FESTIVITY OF SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR The local pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza, regarded as a festival of National Tourist Interest, is one of the main entertainments of May Feasts. The fervor of the countrymen of Los Realejos towards this Saint comes from the XVII century because of the spreading of the miracles and legends, after his canonization in 1622 by the Pope Gregory XV. During this festivity the participants wear traditional clothes and the bands of musicians and dancers multiply besides the embellished carriages and peasant wagons together with groups of people singing and dancing in front of the images of their Saint Patrons.

11.FESTIVITY OF EL CARMEN In July the most important meeting takes place in the Sanctuary of El Carmen, where the image of Our Lady of El Carmen, Genovese work coming from the workshop of Anton Maria Mariagliano in 1726, becomes the central point of religious devotion throughout the Orotova Valley. With regard to the extensive cultural and festive program, which happens every year and lasts about a month, the most outstanding event of the feast is the one of the Octava Procession, where the image is carried on the shoulders of the seamen of Puerto de la Cruz.


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