Festivities in Honour of Our Lady the Virgen del Rosario
Description
This festival used to be held on the first Sunday of October, but for some years now it has been celebrated on the third Sunday of August. The main reason for the change was to allow children who have moved away to enjoy the festival while home for the holidays. On that Sunday, the Virgin is carried in procession, and during the two-hour route the "salves" (hymns) are sung. In the past, these were sung at the request of residents who paid a set amount of money — either to fulfil a promise or to show their wealth in front of their neighbours.
