A maritime procession, music and plenty to eat at the traditional barraca restaurant in Lo Pagán

The first half of July is a time of fiestas and celebration in San Pedro del Pinatar and Lo Pagán as the annual festivities leading up to the Feast Day of the Virgen del Carmen take place, climaxing in the days leading up to the main date on 16^th July.

The Virgen del Carmen is revered as the patron of fishermen, seafarers in general and the Spanish Navy, and this date is celebrated all around the coastline of Spain. The main events in San Pedro are the maritime procession on the waters of the Mar Menor, a highly emotional and extremely colourful ceremony which is accompanied by hundreds of onlookers on board small boats and dinghies!

Monday July 14

20.00: The traditional “barraca” outdoor restaurant is opened by the Peña El Caldero in the Parque del Mar Reyes de España, serving traditional dishes from the countryside around the city of Murcia such as sausages, zarangollo, grilled pork, salads, morcilla black sausage and the sugary battered lemon leaves known as paparajotes. Opens until late in the evening.

Bookings are available by telephone on 684 134726 and 648 604150.

20.30: Los Tres Cerditos, children’s theatre (The Three Little Pigs).

Tuesday July 15

20.00: The traditional “barraca” outdoor restaurant opens again in the Parque del Mar Reyes de España. Bookings on 684 134726 and 648 604150.

21.00: Offering to the Virgen de Carmen, a procession of the queens and ladies in waiting of the fiestas begins at the M.M. Franciscanas del home, heading for the offering of fruit and flowers to Nuestra Señora del Carmen. This is accompanied by music and dancing with the members of the Peña El Caldero.

22.00: Essencial ABBA, a tribute concert in the Parque del Mar Reyes de España.

Wednesday July 16, the Feast Day of the Virgen del Carmen

7.00: A musical parade gives the wake-up call in the streets of San Pedro del Pinatar.

7.30: A similar parade begins in Lo Pagán.

8.00: Holy Mass in honour of the Virgen del Carmen, and live music from Jesús Hernández and Amber Kay in the Plaza de la Constitución.

8.00: The figure of Nuestra Señora del Carmen is taken in procession from the Plaza de la Constitución to Lo Pagán.

10.00: The traditional “barraca” outdoor restaurant opens again in the Parque del Mar Reyes de España. Bookings on 684 134726 and 648 604150.

11.00: The maritime procession of the honorary patron of the Spanish Navy, as well as fishermen and seafarers, begins in the Mar Menor, with boats festooned with decoration. During the procession carnations are scattered into the sea in remembrance of those who have lost their lives at sea.

During this ceremony those accompanying the event in their own boats are asked to turn off the engines and observe silence.

12.00: Outdoor Mass on the fishermen’s jetty in Lo Pagán, followed by another procession along the seafront to the church of El Carmen, where the figure of the Virgen is kept for the rest of the day.

23.30: Huge firework display in the Parque del Mar Reyes de España.

Midnight: The final procession of the day begins, taking the Virgen del Carmen back to her niche in the church of San Pedro del Pinatar, where she arrives at 10.00.

 

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