SPRING FESTIVITIES IN VILLAVICIOSA

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San Isidro Labrador

What is San Isidro Labrador?

San Isidro Labrador is a traditional festivity in Villaviciosa. It is celebrated in honour of the old farmers of Villaviciosa. It is celebrated in May.

What is done in this tradition?

The morning starts with a band of music that plays through the streets of the locality and later, around 10:30 , in the square of my village, people go to the place where this tradition is celebrated.

After the mass of rosemary, the titular brotherhood invites all the neighbors who visit the saint to a glass of wine.

Later, in the shade of the trees, the pilgrims spend a joyful day, enjoying the exhibitions and dressage of the horses, playing the ‘tango’ ( a popular game ) , eating, drinking and talking with friends and neighbors. In the afternoon the saint is received at the entrance of the village with special joy and enthusiasm. The neighbors accompany the saint to the temple as they dance through the streets of the village, at the end of the saint's entrance to the temple, the neighbors continue the feast in the central square of Villaviciosa.