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Festivities of Calamocha

Calamocha, Jiloca, Teruel

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Festivities of Calamocha

Activity · Calamocha, Jiloca, Teruel

The patronal festivities of Calamocha (Jiloca, Teruel) are held on 15, 16 and 17 August in honour of the Virgen and San Roque. Its central event is the Baile de San Roque, in which hundreds of residents dance in procession dressed in a long-sleeved white shirt, white trousers, a maroon-checked scarf, a blue sash, white esparto sandals and castanets with coloured ribbons; the dance is more than a century old. In September, on the 10th, 11th and 12th, the festivities of the Santo Cristo del Arrabal are held, and on the first Sunday of May a centuries-old pilgrimage takes place to the hermitage of Santa Bárbara, known locally as the Día del Cerro.

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