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Virgen del Carmen Festival in Malaga city
Like many large cities, Málaga has absorbed what once were nearby villages. Therefore, some of Málaga’s seaside neighbourhoods continue to carry on the customs handed down to them by the fishermen and their families who established them.
This is the case of Pedregalejo (literally translates to “rocky beach far away), El Palo and La Cala del Moral. Every summer people in these Málaga coastal districts located to the east of the city, are joined from residents of the rest of the city who want to enjoy the Virgen del Carmen festivities when the fishermen and their families pay tribute to their patron saint the Virgen del Carmen.
The Virgen del Carmen celebrations take place on the beach and out into the water as they do in other towns and villages up and down the Coast. In Málaga it is also customary for people to buy flowers and toss them into the sea in remembrance of deceased friends and relatives.
Pedregalejo
In Pedregalejo at 19.00 hours procession will set off from the Corpus Christi parish church in time to the La Paz brass band. The route will be as follows: Ventura de la Vega, Avenida Juan Sebastián Elcano, César Riario, Bolivia, Varadero, Paseo Marítimo El Pedregal to the mouth of the Arroyo de los Pilones (where the icon will embark and disembark), Paseo Marítimo El Pedregal, Plaza del Ancla, Cenacheros, Pepote, Boquerón, Bolivia, César Riario, Avenida Juan Sebastián Elcano, Juan Valera, Corpus Christi.
El Palo
In El Palo the procession departs from the parish church of Las Angustias at 17.30 hrs. The cornet and drum band of Los Gitanos will lead the procession, while the Zamarrilla music band walk behind the float carrying the icon of Virgen del Carmen. The route of the procession will be: Juan Sebastián Elcano, Arquitecto Eduardo Estévez, Avenida Salvador Allende, Carril Virgen Milagrosa, Quitapenas, Banda del Mar (where the icon of Virgin del Carmen embarks), Playa El Chanquete (disembarkation), Banda del Mar, Mar, Avenida Juan Sebastián Elcano returning to the parish church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias.
- About the Virgen del Carmen processions in other towns of Andalucia
- About the traditional festivals in Andalucia
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