Fiestas of San Roque in Llanes

Fiestas of San Roque in Llanes

Fiestas of San Roque in Llanes

Event declared Festival of Tourist Interest of the Principality of Asturias

In the Plaza de San Roque is located La Capilla del Santo that guards his statue. The Festival of San Roque begins with the salutes and the novena. Its maximum exponent is found in the multitudinous procession from the Basilica to its chapel.

Day of San Roque

The day of San Roque begins with a discharge of Royal Bombs. After, the pasacalles by the village and the Solemn Religious Function, the procession takes place to return the image of the Saint to its Chapel, accompanied by hundreds of women dressed in aldeana or llanisca and young people dressed in porruanos. The procession stops in the Plaza de Parres Sobrino where the offering of the branches and the pilgrims of the Band interpret in front of the image of the Saint the Pilgrim Dance.

Folklore Festival

Once introduced the Saint in its Chapel, the most important folklore Festival of the eastern Asturian is developed in the same square with dances such as the Fandango of Pendueles, Jota of the Cuera, Dance of the Lord San Pedro, Dance of San Juan of New, Xiringüelu of Naves and the ancestral Pericote of Llanes.