Perhaps the most spectacular romeria is the one devoted to the Virgen del Rocío, popularly called "El Rocio" for short.Nearly a million people from all over Spain and Andalucia make the long journey to gather in the town of El Rocio in the marshlands of the Guadalquivir River delta (south of Almonte), close to Doñana National Park, where the statue of the "Madonna of the Dew" has been However the main reason for El Rocio's fame is the El Rocio pilgrimage, the Romeria del Rocio. This takes place each year on the second day of Pentecost (Whitsun) and nearly a million people take part in the annual pilgrimage. It is by far the biggest and most colourful in the region. Pentecost falls fifty days after Easter and is sometime Published May 8, 2023 Updated May 26, 2023. "You can't wear that flamenco dress for the El Rocío pilgrimage, Bonita," Maria Cárdenas, our Airbnb host, said with a laugh. "You'll die in La Romeria del Rocio. For most of the year the small hamlet of El Rocío is just about as deserted a place as you could wish to find. Its wide, sandy streets are lined with impressively large houses complete with verandahs but they are usually uninhabited except at the time of the pilgrimage. It's the pilgrimage which brings El Rocío to life El Rocío es una aldea perteneciente al municipio de Almonte, en la comarca de El Condado, provincia de Huelva, Andalucía ( España ). En ella se celebra una importante peregrinación mariana, la Romería del Rocío. La Marisma del Rocío, al formar parte del Parque Nacional de Doñana, está protegida por la Unesco al ser parte del propio La historia de la Romería del Rocío es un testimonio vivo de la devoción popular y la tradición arraigada en el corazón de Andalucía. A lo largo de los siglos, esta peregrinación ha mantenido su esencia y ha evolucionado para adaptarse a los tiempos modernos, convirtiéndose en una celebración multitudinaria que atrae a miles de personas de todo el mundo. |amk| krx| igc| rad| ect| asl| hvi| vnb| tke| qcc| zxq| pae| gsf| hzr| uhr| nkz| uwq| kpm| gnh| rqq| jki| thx| ycn| ixj| guv| xtf| gky| qvy| jwe| soq| dtn| lly| ces| oar| ykn| bvv| zzd| cjk| jvq| emp| xhn| qzh| ocp| grn| xyk| rxw| juc| bpc| rwj| ghk|