tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719483943764748678.post2120405249601356434..comments2009-07-21T17:31:13.611-07:00Comments on The Gringo Diaries: Festival!Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14487067282745315313noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719483943764748678.post-18796854012172947772009-07-04T01:11:59.837-07:002009-07-04T01:11:59.837-07:00Hi Paul
a mutual friend/relation steered me to t...Hi Paul <br /><br />a mutual friend/relation steered me to this site rather late in the day. It is all fascinating. Your description of the festival reminds me of an equally big (for them) religious festival on La Gomera, one of the less well known Canary Isles. All the villagers joined in a hugely long procession escorting a statue of the Virgin of Guadeloupe (if i recall correctly) draped in wonderful flowers from her chapel inland down a long and winding and very hot road to the port where she was placed on a decked out boat and taken to her shrine elsewhere. Many of the older citizens were helping carry her as penance for some earlier wrongful deed, but the youngsters, and some not so young, danced all the way - never ceasing! Am going back there soon - lovely unspoilt island so far!<br /><br />Keep blogging - it's lonely never getting comments I know.<br /><br />EleanorGlowboneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082840010166920519noreply@blogger.com