Moors and Christians festival
Mojácar - Almería
The origin of these festivities is a historical event that occurred in the reconquest of Mojácar by the Catholic Monarchs.
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The Mojácar origin of Walt Disney
Mojácar - Almería
In 1940, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War post-war, several men in suits, they say foreigners, visit Mojácar with the intention of obtaining information about a mother and her son who left the village 40 years earlier.
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Mariquita la posá
Mojácar - Almería
Legend has it that in old Mojácar there lived an old alchemist in the mouth of a cave, located on a hill that puts us at the Plaza Nueva viewing point.
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The Indalo
Mojácar - Almería
Unmistakable symbol of Mojácar, it has been used since ancient times, when its inhabitants used to paint it on the façades of their houses in order to ward off the “evil eye” and protect them from storms.
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St. John’s Brotherhood
Vera - Almería
The warmth of the people has made the Saint John brotherhood one of Vera town’s most loved. Three and a half centuries of history parade every Easter Thursday the everlasting fervour of the devout.
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Virgin of Forgiveness Brotherhood
Vera - Almería
Holy Tuesday has become the day in which the children Vera show how the grand tradition of Passion Week is far from disappearing. Faith and devotion have no age.
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