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Holy Week and Easter are the main festivities
in the Catholic calendar. The solemnity and
severity of the first week is followed by
the joyful, noisy explosion of the second
one, with its days in the country, picnics
and meetings.
The highlights are Vila-real and Vinaròs
processions due to their solemnity and tradition,
together with the popular representations
of the Passion in Borriol, Chilches or Torreblanca. |
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The days following
the Resurrection are known for the pilgrimages
to various chapels, such as the Pelegrins
de les Useres, Vallivana’s Rogativa
or the pilgrimage to Sant Pere Castellfort
chapel held in Catí. Let’s not
forget though the typical distribution of
calderes in Almassora.
The Pelegrins de les Useres pilgrimage
is a tradition of a town that has managed
to keep unchanged its medieval liturgy and
rituals and is one of the oldest in the
Mediterranean basin, attracting thousands
of people. It always starts on the last
Sunday in April, covering in two days the
roundtrip journey towards Sant Joan de Penyagolosa
(70 km approximately).
The Corpus Christi celebrations at Morella
are a reference, a unique show. Along its
medieval streets giant and enormous headed
figures and a series of Bible characters
are paraded, along with ancient typical
dances.
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