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Fiestas patronales de Cullera (Cullera)

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Cullera's patron saint festivities are dedicated to the Mare de Déu del Castell, Virgin of the Incarnation and Patron Saint of Cullera, popularly known as “La Moreneta”. They begin on the Saturday after Easter and are celebrated until the Sunday of the following week. They are nine days of intense activity in Cullera.
Acts during the festivities of Cullera: On the first day of the Cullera Major Festivities, Saturday, the traditional "Baixà" takes place, in which the image of the Virgin is lowered from the hermitage of the castle in a night procession along the Calvario road to the church of Santos Juanes . When the image arrives at the Market, the town of Cullera welcomes it with a grandiose fireworks display. But the most representative act of the festivities of Cullera, and undoubtedly the most emotional, takes place on the "Night of Dawn" when at dawn on Sunday the sailors and fishermen move the image of the Virgin from the Church of the Saints. Juanes to the beach of San Antonio, where they walk her on their shoulders along the seashore with the prayer of the Rosary as an accompaniment. This beautiful representation attracts thousands of visitors every year. These are moments of great intensity since the boats that have anchored in front of the beach, adorned with colored lights, fire their salutes to receive the Virgin. The procession ends with the Campaign Mass and a large fireworks display. The day of San Vicente is celebrated in Cullera, at dawn, the Rosario de la Aurora del Raval, in which the image of the Virgin of the Castle of Cullera is strolled through the streets while fireworks are fired. And at night, it is time for the General Procession through the old town of Cullera. In the following days there are processions, concerts and musical performances, the National Contest of Civil Music Bands "Ciudad de Cullera" and other shows such as heifers, the Great Parade of Costumes and cultural events among others. The patron saint festivities of Cullera culminate with the processional ascent of the image of the Virgen del Castillo to the Sanctuary of her, after which a fireworks display is fired that puts the end of the celebration.

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