Virgin del Carmen of Villajuan #1
by Luis Diaz Devesa
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Virgin del Carmen of Villajuan #1
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Luis Diaz Devesa
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Photograph - Photograph
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In this image, the crown is taken off the the virgin's head to be able to fit it through the church door as is too high.Every July there is a festivity in honour of the Virgin del Carmen, patron saint of the seafarers. In a procession in which a statue of the virgin is taken from the church, where it remains the whole year, through the streets of ' The Ria Of Arosa' to the port; the statue is then carried in a boat decorated with flores and flags towards the bay where an offering is made to commemorated the dead at sea.
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December 19th, 2022
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