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The Pandorga

Ciudad Real, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

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The Pandorga

Activity · Ciudad Real, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real's main festival, in honour of Our Lady of the Prado, declared Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (a regional tourist-interest festival designation), celebrated every year on 31 July in thanksgiving by farmers for the fruits of the harvest. The main event is a procession of offering-bearers dressed in regional costume who, after a parade, carry fruit, vegetables and bread to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Prado; that day the Pandorgo and the Dulcinea are also named, representatives of the Manchegan peasant chosen by the townspeople. At the convidá in the Plaza Mayor, the Pandorgo offers limoná, made with white wine, lemon and sugar, and toasted chickpeas. The Brotherhood of Pandorgos looks after the running and preservation of the festival, which today extends with concerts and activities throughout the preceding week.

31 de julio

Photo: Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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