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On Wednesday 3 February holiday in the municipality of San Javier, is the feast biggest of many taking place in the municipality.
The festival of San Blas attracts every year thousands of people of all ages in a journey that begins with the pilgrimage and continues until dusk in the pine forest located next to the chapel of St. Blaise in Santiago de la Ribera.
The components of the Brotherhood of Santiago and San Blas will be responsible for carrying the image of the saint to be accompanied by local authorities and the pilgrims dressed, mostly in the typical costume of Murcia, from the church of Santiago de la Ribera from which will depart at 10:30 am
to the chapel, located on the outskirts of town.
Upon arrival of the pilgrimage to the shrine will be a mass huertana sung by the rondalla and choir St. James and at the end of the religious ceremony will be given the Cross of Santiago and San Blas granting the Brotherhood of the same name María García Guillén also receive Romera plate of the Year given by the Festival Committee in recognition of his dedication to the Holy. "
The stalls and funfair and an exhibition of horses and carriages to be held in the vicinity of the pine forest located next to the chapel will help acclimate a day in which hundreds of pilgrims are installed in the pine forest where he held the traditional contest paella, plus the giant paella which provides the council of Celebration.
A session of DJ `s in the same pine forest will music from 16:00 h.
Isaak involving García, Santi López, Isaak Ribera, and DJ Mark, among others.
Throughout the day, thousands of people, both inside and outside the region will pass through San Blas to buy their "pure San Blas" bundled in a typical candy colored paper, and especially a "Sanborn" a small martyr's image hung on a thread that should be kept at home all year, to ward off diseases of the throat whose healing powers attributed to the legend of the Holy.
HISTORY
The presence of St. Blaise in the town dates back to the sixteenth century when the monks brought Trinity devotion and feast of St. Blaise in the area, but the pilgrimage as we know, with the transfer of the image, began in 1980. The devotion to the Christian martyr, a physician and bishop, who lived in the third century, and was beheaded during the Roman persecution of Christians has endured over time for centuries among the locals, fed by the powers attributes the legend to cure sore throats.
Formerly the day of San Blas, it was lively, although the neighbors were coming to pray at the small chapel that was situated in a private home.
Over time the event with St. Blas, became popular until donations from the residents themselves is over building a separate chapel nearby.
Today is a festival declared of Regional Tourist Interest each year attracts thousands of visitors not only the municipality or the county, but also from within and outside the Region.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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