Virgen del Rosario in the traditional procession] | La Virgen del Rosario yesterday toured the main streets of the town in the procession held on the occasion of the festivity |
During yesterday afternoon Puerto Lumbreras dressed up to accompany the patron saint, the Virgen del Rosario, in the main streets of the town.
At 19:00 he saw the departure of the Virgin from the church, where many lumbrerenses gathered to accompany the patron during the tour.
Municipal Corporation, associations, and numerous lumbrerenses accompanied the Virgin, carried on the shoulders of the bearers, through the main streets of the town.
In addition, ladies and queens of the Festival followed the procession dressed in the Spanish mantilla.
The celebration of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7 back in the Catholic church to 1572. It was established within the liturgy by the Dominican Pope Pius V. His successor, Gregory XIII, contributed to the spread of the party to establish it in those parishes that had brotherhood.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras