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On May 2 live with emotion Caravaca unusual and passionate celebration of the horses came
Everything is ready to Caravaca de la Cruz live five days of great celebration around his mistress.
The Southeast Migas Contest, held this evening and will last until the wee hours of the morning will mark the beginning of five days of intense activity holiday in this city of the Northwest Region.
It is expected that several thousand people are gathered tonight in the Pit area and adjacent streets.
Twenty clubs prepare traditional migas, a dish that will later be evaluated by a jury to award the best with the standard of Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The caravaqueños be lifted on 1 May with the smell of flowers to offer to its patron, the Blessed and Vera Cruz, in the traditional Mass and wreath held in the esplanade of the Shrine Basilica.
This event will start at 11.00 with concentration and parade of authorities at the Glorieta.
In the afternoon, about 16.00 hours, more than sixty clubs riders and their horses take to the streets of Caravaca to participate in the traditional bareback horse contest, which recognizes the beauty and poise of naked animal.
The intense time of day 1 will culminate with an exhibition of trappings with which it will unveil the best kept secret during the year for all riders.
Caravaca big morning will begin with the sound of thousands of rockets and bells and the traditional Mass of the Holy Appearance and Vera Cruz to be held in the vat.
Subsequently, the rocks horses started a lively and colorful parade through the main streets of the city.
The highlight of the morning will take place with the start of the legendary race of the horses came just at the time held the ritual of the Blessing of Wine and Flowers.
In the afternoon, the Moors and Christians make his first trip to escort the patron from the Basilica to the parish of El Salvador.
May 2 will repeat the pattern of a celebration of passion and unique in the world of spectacular beauty.
The sixty horses of different rocks up the hill the castle in a competition that rewards the fastest.
The four riders are caught the animal, without letting go, almost washed away by the speed and force that it reaches.
Hundreds of people watch the race from the same slope, infected by the force of the horses and the enthusiasm of the riders.
Without a doubt, worth living this celebration.
But the party will continue with the same passion on 3 May with the Children's Parade and Solemn Procession of the Bath and the mock battle between Moors and Christians.
The Cross Bath is the ancestral rite, which dates back to medieval times, which led to the festivities of Caravaca.
International Festival of Tourist Interest
On November 9, 2004, the festivities in honor of the Blessed and Vera Cruz, which will be held from 1 to 5 May, received the honorary title parties' International Tourist Interest. "
With this official recognition, the first of this range is obtained in the Region of Murcia, the festival of Caravaca de la Cruz become part of a select group of Spanish cities recognized with this distinction.
Thus the Caravaca festivities are at the same level of Holy Week in Seville and Lorca, San Fermin in Pamplona and Valencia Fallas, among others.
Holy Year Award in Perpetuity
The Holy See granted in 1998 to the Shrine and the Vera Cruz de Caravaca a Jubilee Year is celebrated every seven years, since 2003.
It is a distinction it enjoyed only four other cities in the world: Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana.
This award is very important to Caravaca, its history and development, which has excelled in recent years as the preferred destination of religious and cultural tourism.
The city is now preparing for next year Jubilee to be held in 2010.
In this sense, the holidays this year are especially significant, since every time gets closer the date of the Jubilee Year and the passion of the caravaqueños and visitors to the Cross is perceived more intensely.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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