Thousands
of people will gather on Sunday 22nd at Bolnuevo beach at the end of the
pilgrimage of the Virgen del Milagro. It is one of the highlights of the
festive calendar of the Municipality. The event starts at the Santuario de La
Purísima in Mazarrón at 7.30am on Sunday morning. After the Mass, the image of
the Virgen del Milagro will be carried by shoulders back to her hermitage in Bolnuevo,
accompanied by thousands of pilgrims. After stops in Las Moreras and La
Desaladora that bears her name, the Virgen del Milagro reaches the beach at Bolnuevo
accompanied by songs and ballads.
The event ends
a day of barbecues and rice by the sea. The City Council have arranged free
transport with buses at 6:30am, 7:00am and 7:30am with stops in Bolnuevo,
Mazarrón and Puerto
The Fiestas
del Milagro face their last weekend on Friday 20th with the
dramatized reading of the Nueve Declaraciones del Milagro . A very colourful event in which the younger
generation are very much involved. This takes place in Santuario de La Purísima
in Mazarrón , from 8pm. At 11pm in the Marquee in Bolnuevo, guests can enjoy a
special musical performance “Romería 7 Music Festival 3.0”
On Saturday
21st, from 10am in the Marquee, children's activities take place by the group
"Gominolas" and at 11:00am, there will be musical entertainment for
the very young entitled "Viviendo el Cuanto" by the author Raquel
Cánovas Molina. The 2x1 Fair continues between 12pm and 2pm
At 12pm
those who want to know more about the miracle of 1585 can visit Torre de los
Caballos where a guided theatrical tour will take place. At night, at 10pm,
there will be a Migas Contest.
The local
police report that traffic access to Bolnuevo will be cut from 11.00-11.30am approximately,
during the passage of the Virgin through the Avenida Pedro Lopez Meca. It also
warns that, to ensure the security of citizens, they will be performing breath
tests at points of entry and exit of Bolnuevo "to prevent accidents that
could result in irreparable damage,"
Local
police also remind all people, mainly young people who stay on the beach
overnight on Saturday to monitor their
personal belongings to prevent thefts from occurring.
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