ROMERÍAS
Some of you might be probably wondering, what a “romería” is. Well, it generally means a pilgrimage, one makes out of devotion to a sanctuary. In Spain, this pilgrimage is usually crowned with a folk festival with snacks, dances, etc., celebrated in the countryside next to a hermitage or sanctuary on the day of the religious festival of the place. The month of May is, without a doubt, the month with the highest volume of pilgrimages, so take note of the dates in your diary so you don’t miss a single one:
3/05/2024 Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady Queen of the World and San José Obrero (Nuestra Señora Reina del Mundo y San José Obrero ) – Corrales.
3/05/2024 The Pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador de la Alquería y la Ribera – two districts of Huelva
4/05/2024 The Pilgrimage of San Benito Abad is celebrated in El Cerro de Andévalo and commemorates that the Portuguese troops did not enter the town in the 17th century. This is the oldest pilgrimage in the province of Huelva.
4/05/2024 The Pilgrimage is also celebrated in Valderaco in honor of the Divine Savior of the World, patron saint of the town. This takes place in the countryside accompanied by singing and dancing at night.
4/05/2024 The pilgrimage in Honor of Santa María de la Cruz de Villanueva de las Cruces begins.
10/05/2024 The Pilgrimage in honor of the Blessed Virgin of Beauty (la Santísima Virgen de la Bella) begins in Lepe, in which devotees of the Virgin follow her from the municipality to the pilgrimage site of Terrón to celebrate that night with music and dance.
10/05/2024 The festival in honor of Saint Barbara is also celebrated in Tharsis with a pilgrimage from the hermitage to the municipality and what is known as El Romerito, the Pilgrimage of the Divine Shepherdess of Zalamea la Real.
10/05/2024 The Pilgrimage of Santa Eulaia and Mártir is celebrated in Santa Olalla del Cala, although it actually begins a month before with the departure of Santa Eulalia from her hermitage in the countryside towards the town accompanied by the inhabitants of Santa Olalla.
10/05/2024 The Pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador in Rosal de la Frontera is celebrated, citizens and visitors enjoy it in a place that surrounds the Rivera de Alcalaboza, 7 kilometers from the town.
10/05/2024 The Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Montemayor in Moguer also begins on the same date, in which for 4 days the pilgrims live in the so-called huts that they build themselves weeks before the pilgrimage.
11/05/2024 The Cabezas Rubias Pilgrimage is celebrated, which will last until Monday with a gathering in the countryside in which booths open to the public are set up for pilgrims.
11/05/2024 The Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Fátima is celebrated at the Court of Santa Ana, in the place known as La Morona.
15/05/2024 In Gibraleón they also celebrate the San Isidro Labrador Pilgrimage, divided into two parts. The pilgrimage, which takes place in the pilgrimage area, over a weekend. And later a procession through all the streets of the town.
17/05/2024 in Beas the Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Spain begins, a three-day pilgrimage to the sanctuary.
18/05/2024 The pilgrimage of the Virgen de los Remedios takes place in Arroyomolinos de León in a celebration that has remained practically unchanged for more than half a century.
18/05/2024 San Telmo, a district of Cortegana, will also celebrate their pilgrimage in honor of their patron saint of the same name, San Telmo.
19/05/2024 Santa Eulalia de Almonaster Pilgrimage takes place, one of the most deeply rooted festivals in the entire mountain region.
19/05/2024 On this same date, the festivities are celebrated in honor of Our Lady of the White in Villablanca, which they celebrate with homemade in the middle of nature.
19/05/2024 The pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador and the Divina Pastora is also celebrated in Chucena and has a concept close to that of a fair.
19/05/2024 On this date, the pilgrimage in honor of the Virgen de la Aliseda in Cumbres de San Bartolomé is added, in which all the typical components of Andalusian pilgrimages come together.
