More than 14,000 people joined the 8th of December to the patron saint of the town of Santa Eulalia in Mérida traditional descent from her shrine to the hermitage of San Roque de Totana.
According to police sources, have been more than 14,000 people that have participated in this festive day sunny, cloaking the patron of Totana on the big day of these local festivals.
From early morning, many people have been accessing the vicinity of the shrine of La Santa, where have expected, among the chants of the gangs, the hours before the start of the descent.
In addition, at seven o'clock, the Department of Celebration, as has become tradition, the pilgrims invited to enjoy a hot chocolate and an hour later was a Holy Mass officiated.
The landlady at nine in the morning, cover the shoulders of the Brothers of the Holy, and dressed in his red suit romera, was about to walk 7 kilometers from the crowd that has accompanied the front and back.
Three hours later, the image of Santa Eulalia has come to El Rulo, where he was received by the municipal authorities and religious civilians, and members of the Foundation's Santa, and for many residents who have gathered there admiring the image of the patron.
In El Rulo, the patron has been received by a fireworks and fireworks and later was transferred to the chapel of San Roque.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: Totana.com