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Magdalena Festivities

The city of Castellón celebrates its unique festival of Mary Magdalene, focusing on its origins rather than the saint herself, featuring traditional events like the 'romeria de les canyes' and a variety of activities that attract both locals and visitors. The festival includes a mix of concerts, parades, and cultural displays, culminating in the flower offering to 'La Virgen del Lledó' and the final celebration of 'Magdalena Vitol.' Castellón aims to honor its traditions while embracing innovation, inviting everyone to partake in the festivities.

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Magdalena Festivities

The city of Castellón celebrates its unique festival of Mary Magdalene, focusing on its origins rather than the saint herself, featuring traditional events like the 'romeria de les canyes' and a variety of activities that attract both locals and visitors. The festival includes a mix of concerts, parades, and cultural displays, culminating in the flower offering to 'La Virgen del Lledó' and the final celebration of 'Magdalena Vitol.' Castellón aims to honor its traditions while embracing innovation, inviting everyone to partake in the festivities.

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Our festivals present a distinguishing component with

regard to the celebrations of other towns and cities.


This city does not celebrate this festival in honor of
Mary Magdalene, its patron saint, like most places, but
to commemorate its origins. It does this with a series
of traditional events (Preg, Parade of penitents,
Parade of Gaiates), and whose epicenter is the
famous romeria de les canyes (pilgrimage of the
canes). This pilgrimage reaffirms the identity of the
people of Castelln and their town.

The Lenten penitential pilgrimage, the historic memory
the citys move from the mountain to the fertile plain and the variable date of the third
Saturday of Lent (currently Sunday) are three characteristics closely connected to the
origin of our festivals: the pilgrimage. These elements constitute a clear cultural
heritage of neighbors.

Through the Fair and Festival of the Mary Magdalene, we give testimony of a living city
that maintains the spirit of its history that has become a metaphor; mythology, tradition,
legend and history melt in the crucible of the popular culture of our land.

But at the same time, along with the traditional acts, a various mosaic of events have
been added over the years. These acts together mange to attract and hook our
neighbors and foreigners alike, adding a new value to our festivals: popular character.
During this 9 day festival, there is a continual flood of people in the street who
participate in the wide array of festivities and activities offered

Concerts, fireworks, performers, international musical groups, gaiatas (local festival
monument) and collas (local festival groups) invade the street and take charge of the
spring days and nights. The festival doesnt seem to stop. Every corner of Castelln
has its moment.

The first Saturday of festivities the Cavalgata El Preg`` is celebrated. It is an
ethnological display of traditional customs of the people living in the region of
Castelln. The role of "Les Gaiates", that are light monuments, is to parade at night the
third Sunday of Lent and remain in different places throughout the week of festivities.
During the whole week concerts, fireworks, bullfighting, parades, festivals and popular
dinners take place. Moreover, on the second weekend of the festivity (Saturday) it
takes place the flower offering to ``La Virgen del Lled`` to make a flower tapestry. The
last day of the festivity (Sunday) it is celebrated ``Magdalena Vitol`` which marks the
end of ``La Magdalena``.

With great respect to the traditions and with a large dose of innovation, year after year,
efforts are renewed to offer a festival for all and by all. Our city of Castelln goes into
the future excitement and hope. We are an industrious town, a lover of traditions and
open to new challenges, but we also know how to have fun.

From this webpage, we invite you to participate, to be one of us. Dont feel strange or
like an outsider, and surely you will return. Jos Juan Sidro Tirado, director of the
town Council of Culture.


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