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Some 30,000 people were Bolnuevo appointment yesterday to accompany the Immaculate Conception on the big day of the "Festival of Miracle", according to estimates made by the body of the local police.
The popular pilgrimage every year to celebrate the culmination of the festivities together, not just residents of the municipality, but also people coming from other parts of the region who wanted to become participants in this celebration.
Many of them did the five kilometers that separate Mazarrón Bolnuevo, once the mass in honor of the Virgin which was held at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Although the morning started something cold, the arrival of the sun gave way to a day with a comfortable temperature that encouraged pilgrims to enjoy the local cuisine.
Before the arrival of the Virgin to Bolnuevo, the image of La Purisima made two stops during transport.
The first was in the main town of Las Moreras where a delicious hot chocolate distributed among the attendees.
Then the procession made a second stop at the desalination plant "Virgin of the Miracle" Mazarrón irrigators, which hosted a luncheon for the pilgrims to regain the strength to get back on track.
The arrival of the Virgin was a joy to Bolnuevo joy, especially among those who from the previous day had camped on the beach.
La Purisima visited the fishing village then paraded in front of the houses, where they made several stops that were used by the pilgrims to spend troves to the Virgin.
Many of those present raised their hands to their newborn children for La Purisima Concepcion you give them the blessing "Blessed with that hand."
The move ended with a Mass and the entrance to the chapel where Mary to her rest until next year.
The celebration gave way to religious festival in which he had a special role in the moraga sardines, tomato accompanied Mazarron, which is distributed among the attendees.
Others preferred to taste different dishes of local cuisine including paella were not lacking, crumbs, broth balls, marinated anchovies, tuna and salted Bay, washed down with pints of beer and wine.
Also in the tents set up on the beach the pilgrims enjoyed a wide range of desserts such as cake, bread or apple pie Calatrava, among others.
This year include not only the large number of people to this party, but the horse thirty pilgrims who participated in the procession by the dozen carriages accompanied the image of the Virgin during the procession.
It was a perfect day to put the finishing touch to a festival that has been the longest in the history of the delayed drop of the Virgin a week to not coincide with the holding of general elections.
Despite the tough economic times they suffer, the Party Commission created this year for the festivities drew up, thanks to their hard work and a full entertainment program quality and aimed at both children, youth and adults.
Now, after a few days off, kick off the festivities whose programming is presented tonight.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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