Liturgical and cultural activities organized during the festival of the Virgen del Cisne be held on Saturday August 28 with the celebration of Mass and a procession through the streets of the town.
This initiative, which is recovering after three years of not being held in the town, was organized by the Integration and Service to the Immigrant Community of Murcia (ADIPSAI), in collaboration with several groups of immigrants and locality.
The program of events will begin with the celebration of sports on the sports court, "the dusty" at 15:00 am and continue at 20:00 with the celebration of the Eucharist in honor of the Virgen del Cisne in Ecuador Parroquia de Santiago and 21:00 pm will be a procession with the image of the Virgin through the streets of the Constitution Plaza, Bridge.
Pilar, Don José María, Plaza de Miguel Marín, Avenida Santa Eulalia, San Antonio, Bridge and Plaza de la Constitution.
This initiative, promoted ADIPSAI in collaboration with other immigrant and native groups in order to recover the traditions and customs of Ecuador, provides a series of events dominated the traditions and customs of this country, which will help to foster integration between different cultures living in the municipality, as reported by the mayor.
The Ecuadorean-born citizens have taken the initiative to celebrate the holiday in the locality of the Virgen del Cisne, which ceased to be celebrated for three years, and with this gesture, the immigrant wanted to take a further step towards integration and cultural social between Latin American and Spanish citizens, as stated by the councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrión.
Religious History
The Virgin of the Swan is named as part of the tradition that began in Europe with members of the so-called "Order of the Knights of the Swan", which rose temples in honor of the Virgin Mary at the mountaintop, under the care of the Franciscan Fathers.
The apparition of the Virgin dating from the Swan of October 12, 1594, date in which Ecuador was hit by a drought and plague, which caused the migration of Ecuadorians.
Photos: Procession of the Virgen del Cisne.
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