Caravaca is already savoring the Fiestas de la Cruz after a year waiting for the arrival of the big days in which the city pours itself out in body and soul to live intensely a large program of events. At half past nine in the morning, the authorities met in the Plaza del Arco, from where the procession headed by Tío de la Pita, El Nano, La Nana and the Caravaca de la Cruz music band left.
The procession headed down Calle Puentecilla to Plaza Ciudad Jardín to then walk through the narrow streets of the medieval area and the old town, passing through Calle Larga, the bullring and La Corredera to reach the most central neighborhoods at noon, where Children and adults went out into the streets to listen to the music, see the giants and hum the Serafina along with the dulzainero and his drum.
The civil and festive authorities go through the streets requesting the collaboration of the neighbors ‘in exchange’ for a voucher for a bottle of wine from La Cruz. Many neighbors, as the procession passed, went out to the doors of their houses to deliver their donation; or they were approached in the street or inside commercial and hotel establishments, by the members of the Representative Board of the Brotherhood of Vera Cruz or by the councilors, who required their contribution for the festivities.
In recent weeks, throughout the month of April, a dense program of previous activities has been developed and the so-called ‘pre-fiesta’ said goodbye to another year, giving way to the days most anticipated by the people of Caravaqueños. The intense days lived gave way to this musical tour with which every corner of the city is filled with a festive atmosphere.
The program will continue at dawn on the last day of April with the General Ringing of Bells, at seven in the morning, and the Great Flowered Diana. With the first light of dawn, the first firecrackers will be heard, which will preface the ringing of the bells, giving way to the music that will once again travel through the usual streets, sowing the city with the sounds that announce the arrival of the festival. The most important thing is not the amount that is collected (in this case, 4,052.65 euros), but the announcement of the arrival of the most anticipated days.
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