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La Virgen del Carmen across the open bay despite the swell (17/07/2012)

Yesterday afternoon there was the popular conclusion that the Fishermen's Association of Mazarron performed each year as its patron saint, the Virgen del Carmen.

The meetings began at six in the evening with the traditional Mass in honor of the "Star of the Sea" in the fish market the fishing port of Puerto de Mazarron, once again, hosted dozens of people who enjoyed the performance of the choir rociero "Aires de Mazarron."

The celebration was attended by the Mayor of Mazarron, Ginés Campillo, the Deputy Mayor for Urban Development, Francisco Garcia, the larger pattern of the Fishermen's Association, Juan Ballesta, and other authorities and personalities of social life as Admiral General Mazarron Antonio Moreno Barbera, who was Chief of Staff of Defense, or the deputy Mazarron in the Regional Assembly, Alicia Jimenez.

At the end of the trade, and after a thrilling save rociera and cheers in honor of the Virgen del Carmen, the image of the patron saint of fishermen boarded the ship "Brothers Segovia" This year has been commissioned to carry it during the procession maritime.

The delegation, in which more than a dozen boats decorated for the occasion, could only sail the bay towards La Azohía by the state of the sea.

But the tide did not frighten the citizens who took to get on the boats to accompany the Virgin.

In one reporter traveling Talavera embodies a report prepared which will air from half past 9 tonight at 7 regional television Murcia.

In Azohía, near the beautiful tower of St. Helena, threw the flowers into the sea to symbolize the memory of deceased fishermen.

Once the offering, the procession returned to the fishing port where the band of drums "Virgin of Sorrows" Puerto de Mazarron received the Virgen del Carmen procession to start the ground through the main streets of the seaside town that is filled of people who do not want to miss this tradition so deeply rooted in Mazarron Murcia and the coast.

The image of the Virgin made a stop at the gates of the headquarters of the Fishermen's Association located in the seat of the autonomous communities of the Port waterfront where he gave a special tribute that has already become an essential part of this tradition .

The bells of the parish of San Jose announced the end of the party with the collection of the patron saint of fishermen in that temple.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón

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