The municipality of Candelaria celebrated this morning with nice fervour the Day of its Patron Saint, Santa Ana, in a day marked by custom and common devotion. Residents and guests gathered across the honored pictures of Santa Ana and San Joaquín to honour their patron saint.
The festivities started at 10.30 with a full of life parade by way of the streets of Santa Ana, enlivened by the Dixieland Las Candelas, which crammed the route with music and pleasure. At 11.45, ranging from the Cultural Area of the Previous City Corridor, the civic procession happened with the switch of the banner to the Parish of Santa Ana. The procession, headed by the mayor of the municipality, Mari Brito, the municipal Company, 4 native cops, who wore 4 grand gala outfits, the Colonel
Head of the Tenerife 49 Infantry Regiment, Alberto Cherino, and different invited authorities, arrived on the Parish the place the spiritual service was held, at 12:00 midday.
The ceremony, led by Fray Dailos José Melo González and accompanied by the Las Candelas Chamber Orchestra, introduced collectively quite a few devoted who wished to precise their devotion to the patron saint of the municipality.
The Candelaria Metropolis Council needs to thank all of the contributors and collaborators who made this festivity in honour of Saint Anne attainable, and reaffirms its dedication to preserving traditions and selling citizen participation within the municipality’s socio-cultural occasions.
The salt carpets
On Juan el Cape Pescador Avenue, many households gathered to make conventional salt carpets, creating lovely designs that they then coated with dyed salt. This custom, which brings collectively adults and youngsters, is well known each July 26, strengthening neighborhood ties and beautifying this avenue within the neighborhood.
Candelaria thus continues one among its most beloved traditions, demonstrating as soon as once more its dedication to native tradition and heritage.
