During the first week of February our local village, Colmenar, celebrated it’s patron saint with various activities culminating on Sunday 5th with a 9 hour procession when they parade the ‘Virgen’ around the village, with Verdiales music and dancing (a kind of folk dance) and the local marching band ending with a firework display by the Ermita at the top of the village. During the week there was lots going on including many activities organised by the church and a week long fair in the village. Anyone who has visited us will find it hard to visualise a waltzer in the village centre right in front of Pepe’s bar and more fairground rides on the next street.
The procession makes very slow progress as it winds up and down the streets as the virgen is very heavy. They have to make lots of pit stops for food and drinks and they park the virgen up outside people’s houses who open their doors to feed those doing the carrying. The procession starts at 12:00 and ends at 21:00 so they must be pretty tired by the end.
See it for yourself in this you-tube clip. The best part is at the end when they reach the Ermita in the dark and have a firework display. Click here
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