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The March 1 events are held in the hamlet |
The orchard Peña La Seda de La Alberca celebrates the 40th anniversary of the blessing of the seed of the silkworm, a strong tradition in Murcia for the meaning it had in our land cultivation of this fiber.
Among the activities organized, highlights the pilgrimage each year commemorates the origin of this custom that was so ingrained in Murcia.
As ambassador of silk 2015 has been named Diego Fernández Avilés, which takes over from the hands of the council Works and Community Services, José Arce.
On Sunday March 1st exit Entourage procession at 10 am, at the headquarters of the Rock orchard La Seda, with subsequent Mass at 12.30 in the Ermita de San Antonio the Poor.
The Blessing of the Silkworm Seed dating from the nineteenth century: in those years the huertano craved the arrival of the first days of March, to collect the seed that was saved in their barracks in order to be able to bless and get a great harvest in the campaign was about to begin.
By then the huertanos united in a pilgrimage to the Ermita de San Antonio El Pobre, passed by the sericulture station La Alberca and gathered the Christ of Forgiveness, Patron of Torcedores and Silk Weavers, who was there guarded, to thereby achieve Ermita together and celebrate a mass campaign in which they proceeded to the blessing of the seed.
In other years it has also become mass at the Convent of Santa Catalina del Monte.
La Peña Huertana La Seda in 1975 and after many years of inactivity, reflects the tradition and proceeds to bless, year after year, the seed of the silkworm, today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of that first pilgrimage with the same enthusiasm with which began this journey.
The blessing was held for several years in Santa Catalina del Monte because the Ermita de San Antonio the Poor was in very bad condition -there has since returned to the city of Murcia's rehabilitated in 2006.
The image of Christ of Forgiveness in this pilgrimage belonged to the sericulture station, which was founded in 1892 on the road to El Palmar.
In 1912 he moved to La Alberca.
Station disappeared in 1977, members of the rock alberqueña recovered the image of Christ, which has since custodian at its headquarters.
They are the ones who care to encourage the blessing of a crop that is supported by the efforts of a few.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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