PARTIES
Main Holidays
Easter
otana relives the events of Holy Week as in many places in Spain, but with the particularity of being one of the events that enjoys greater depth and significance in the popular calendar of celebrations in the city. Anthropological values are displayed in terms of thinking and communication. A mixture between the pagan and religious that is difficult to describe, which is only understood if it is lived and is so attractive to those who come to know it.
CARNIVAL
Before Lent, in the month of February the celebration of the Carnival takes place in which more than twenty rocks participate, parading through the main streets of the city.
Activities:
- Gala Dinner Carnival, presentation of the poster and proclamation of "La Musa" and "Don Carnal".
- Saturday of Carnival, Grand Parade of Peñas del Carnaval through the streets of the city.
- Children's Parade.
- Tuesday of Carnival, concentration of Masks.
- Saturday of piñata, regional Carnival parade through the streets of the city.
- Awards Ceremony for the Peñas del Carnaval.
SAN MARCOS (APRIL 25)
Celebration, according to some scholars since the Middle Ages throughout Europe, in honor of the one who was considered protector of the crops and the one who watched over the livelihood, in addition to being patron of the butchers.
Currently, on the day of San Marcos (April 25), the snacks of groups of friends or family who go to the field to bleed are still very widespread, being its climax, the intake of the typical cake or cake of the date and that generally It is crowned with an egg, the garabazo.
Pilgrimage of January 7
On January 7, La Santa returns in processional transfer (“La Romería de La Santa”), to the Hermitage on the mountain. At 9 o'clock in the morning La Santa begins her departure back to the Sanctuary accompanied again by Authorities and pilgrims, sharing the fervor and singing with joy to the rhythm of guitars and tambourines and drinking the typical mantellina. Upon arrival at the Shrine, the Eucharist is celebrated in honor of our Patroness, then the pilgrims enjoy the typical gastronomy of our land around the Sanctuary.
