It is all about him, San Jose. He is our local saint and usually lives quietly in the little capilla in Mer (Sober). Once a year at least Mer in Sober is not sobrio (sober in english is sobrio). Once a year the saint is aired, but before this happenes the wifes are let out…
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San Amaro (Fiesta) and the Ribeira Sacra in January
The second weekend of January sees the begining of the yearly fiesta season. Our perocia Proendos celebrates San Amaro our chosen saint. I highly recommend to read the Wikipeda entry about Saint Amaro. I find it quite entertaining and fitting to our area as we don’t have to search for paradise, we do get a…
Good bye xmas tree – Hello easter – Tres reyes / magos
Today is tres reyes or tres magos. This is much more important than xmas, specifically as there are more presents. It’s also the last day of the xmas tree and we are already starting to look forward to easter. Normaly on the night of the tres magos a local banda comes round but this year…
