Overcome the two-year parenthesis of the pandemic, Isaac de Vega, San Francisco and El Calvario streets -in the urban area of the southern municipality-, with the surroundings of the church as a starting point and Los Hinojoros Park as a destination and center of the meeting between neighbors and visitors, Granadilla de Abona recovers for the region the tradition of pilgrimage celebrations in all its splendor.
There is a great desire to recover time, to enjoy traditions and to value normality. The urban area of Granadilla de Abona reflected this scenario yesterday. According to the organization (City Council of Granada), around 10,000 people They gathered in its main streets on a sunny day to enjoy one of the most important meetings in the region and the most popular of the patron saint festivities. “The Historic Village of
he beat again and dressed in Pilgrimage in honor of San Antonio de Padua and to welcome with great joy, after two years without being held due to the pandemic, one of the most important and oldest pilgrimage events in Canary Islands».
This is how the municipal government told it yesterday, the day the granadilleros enjoyed the 44th edition of the pilgrimage. It began after 1:30 p.m., once the liturgy sung by the Parranda Chasnera concluded. She did it to the rhythm of the dancers from El Hierro. She began this great event with the traditions outside the Church of San Antonio de Padua, in front of which the participating folk groups and floats paraded, making the corresponding offerings to the patron saint. Parish Caritas distributes these contributions among the families that need it.
Saint Anthony of Padua was accompanied by large public in the surroundings of the religious temple, as well as by the mayor, José Domingo Regalado; the first deputy mayor, Marcos González; the Councilor for Culture and Festivals, Eudita Mendoza, and members of the Municipal Corporation. The participating groups and floats “filled the main streets of the historic center with local character and folklore: Isaac de Vega, San Francisco and El Calvario. A route that concluded with a great verbena Held throughout the afternoon in Los Hinojoros Park, with the Sensación Gomera, Wamampy and Tropin orchestras and the group Una hora menos.
The Councilor for Culture, Eudita Mendoza, appreciates the involvement of the participating groups and floats “and the public that came to enjoy one of the most important pilgrimages in the region.” She thanks that she extends for “the decoration of facades, balconies and shops who dressed our people in festivity and tradition». Mendoza highlights the work of his department for the organization of these festivities and encourages the population “to continue to be an active part in the rest of the events planned until the 13th, the patron’s day.”
The Crafts Fair was the preamble to this pilgrimage. Its XXXII edition had around twenty stalls in the Plaza de San Antonio de Padua, a space for the exhibition and sale of crochet work, leather goods, creative jewellery, Canarian fretwork, Vilaflor rosettes, blacksmithing, solid cosmetic products, traditional pottery, recycling, copper jewelry, wooden toys and other typical Canarian artisan productions such as sweets, honey, homemade liqueurs, mojos, cakes, as well as bread, cheeses and almogrote, among other things.
