Today, in the afternoon, is celebrated the Day of the Virgin of el Carmen (El Dia de la Virgen del Carmen), in many villages and cities of Spain --especially those which have a coast, because this Virgin is the Patron of the sailors--.
I would like to show you some pictures, about the procession, in three places.
Torremolinos (Malaga) is a famous place, because the navals (soldier seamen) take the Virgin over the sea, on the famous beach of La Carihuela. Here you have some pictures.
The Virgin of El Carmen going out of its church
Procession through the streets of Torremolinos
The arrival of the Virgin to the beach of La Carihuela
The Virgin close to the seashore
The Virgin entering the sea
The Virgin in a small boat
Meeting among the Virgin from Estepona and the Virgin from La Carihuela
The Virging coming back to the beach
The navals are raising the Virgin
The Virgin going back to its church
Algeciras (Cadiz) –where I live— has the tradition on taking the Virgin, by some fishing seamen, through the city to the port, in order to take the Virgin for a walk, in a big berge, through the Bay.
The Virgin going out of its church
Some fishing seamen take the Virgin in procession through Algeciras
Fishing seamen in procession through the esplanade of Algeciras
The Virgin has boarded in a berge
And finally, Zahara de los Atunes (Cadiz) will celebrate this important Day --at least for us who are Catholics-- , taking the Virgin, from her church to the beach, where the fishing seamen take her to the seashore and they get in the water with shoes, until they leave the Virgin, in a small boat, in order that she goes for a walk, with more boats around her, in front of the village.
There, people tell that, when fishing seamen come back from the seashore, after picking the Virgin up from the boat, their shoes are not ruined --in spite of the saltwater--. It is really a mystery.......
Some years ago, I was there, on the beach, seeing the fishing seamen with the Virgin, and it was so exciting. I invite you to live that experience.
The church of Zahara
The Virgin of El Carmen
The Virgin on the beach
Well, I hope that you have liked this report and hope that you can go to anywhere of those places, as soon as possible.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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