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The town celebrates the maritime roots of this festival through exhibitions, school competition, recovery of traditions, musical shows, guided tours to the auction and tribute to local fishermen.
The mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitación Martínez, the major patron of the Fishermen's Guild, Jesus Gómez, and the secretary of the Association of the Virgin of Carmen, Paqui Martínez, today presented the program of commemorative events for the 125th anniversary of The Romería of the Virgin of the Carmen.
At the opening of the event a video of images of the Pilgrimage of the Virgin of the Carmen has been projected, a tour of the festival of July 16 from the mass of the campaign to the return of the image at dawn, passing through the land pilgrimage and The maritime procession.
The mayor has also presented the commemorative poster of this 125th anniversary of the Virgen del Carmen Pilgrimage, an act that was born on July 16, 1892 and currently congregates thousands of people every year in San Pedro del Pinatar, Is promoting, from different institutions, its declaration as a National Tourist Interest.
Visitation Martínez has extolled the work of the Fishermen's Guild, founded in 1917 and responsible for organizing the maritime procession, and the Association of the Virgin of Carmen, whose existence dates back to 1923 and organizes religious and cultural events.
These three institutions have worked hand in hand to create an extensive program of activities to commemorate the 125th anniversary, in addition to the initiative, approved at the City Council plenary in December 2016, of the change of the name of the former Generalissimo Avenue by Avenida Romería de la Virgen del Carmen, with the aim of paying tribute to this festivity, since much of the land pilgrimage circulates along this route.
Activity program
Thus, the program starts in May with the exhibition of the 125th anniversary of the Virgen del Carmen Pilgrimage, in the Barón de Benifayó museum, which collects images, sculptures, documents and dozens of articles related to the festival since its inception.
Also during this month, informative talks are being held in various schools in the municipality, through which more than 150 children are discovering the curiosities of this party to reflect after an artistic way their vision of this tradition in a school competition, whose works Will be exhibited on June 8 in the Art Space of the House of Culture.
On July 7, a tribute ceremony will be held to the families of fishermen of the municipality in the park of the Sea, next to the esplanade and during that weekend the members of the brotherhood will also visit the families of retired fishermen to give him Various gifts.
On Sunday, July 9 will be the XII Concert of the Music Unit of the Gneeral Air Academy.
On July 11, 12 and 13, liturgical events will be celebrated, with the preparatory triduum of the Feast of the Virgin of the Carmen and the imposition of medals of the new members of the Association and the appointment of honorary member to the bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Plans.
On July 13 and 14, the fishermen's guild organizes guided tours to the fish market, where participants can learn about traditional fishing gear or the auction of fish and culminate with the tasting of a traditional cauldron.
On Friday, July 14 at 11:00 pm will be the performance of the group "Al Son del Malecón" and on Saturday 15 the traditional cucaña among fishermen is recovered.
At 21:00 hours will be the offering to the Virgin in Lo Pagan and later the performance "Star of the Seas" of Peña El Caldero, in the park of the Sea.
An exhibition of Latin sailing boats, next to the Center for Nautical Activities, will complete on Sunday July 16 the traditional festival of the Virgin of Carmen that as every year will start at 7:00 am with the touch of bulls in charge of the Union Musical, the later celebration of the mass in the Plaza de la Constitución and, around 09:00 hours, the beginning of the land pilgrimage that arrives at Lo Pagán at 11:00 p.m. where it embarks to proceed to the procession The sea.
After the campaign mass, at 12:00 on the esplanade of the Fish Market and the transfer to the church of Lo Pagan, at midnight the image returns in procession to the Church of St. Peter the Apostle between cheers and songs Of the Salve Marinera.
Romería Virgen del Carmen Avenue
Following the presentation of the program, together with the parish priest of Lo Pagán, Justo Mercader, the patron of the fishermen's brotherhood and the secretary of the Association of the Virgin of Carmen, discovered the plaque of the new avenue Romería de la Virgen Del Carmen next to the esplanade of Lo Pagán.
This avenue, which connects San Pedro del Pinatar with the coastal hamlet of Lo Pagán to its limit with Santiago de la Ribera (San Javier), is one of the busiest streets in the town and congregates every July 16th to thousands of people in Around the Romería of the Virgin of the Carmen, that in its terrestrial part runs by the avenue Emilio Castelar and this way.
The events commemorating the 125th anniversary will continue this afternoon, at 20:30 hours with the opening of the exhibition of the feast of the Virgin of Carmen in the Baron de Benifayó museum, a wide display of images, documents, banners and other objects that Reflect the evolution of this party over the years.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar
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