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La Regalina

Activity · Valdés, Eo-Navia, Asturias

An open-air festival held on the field of La Garita, next to the hermitage of Santa María de Riégala, in the village of Cadavedo, municipality of Valdés; it is also known as La Riégala, and dates back to 1931, when it was promoted by Father Galo. It begins in the morning with a parade of floats decorated with bunches of alfiladas and flowers from the A Rapa quarter to the festival field, where the pregón (opening address) is read in faliella, the western Asturian dialect, and the danza prima begins; after the solemn Mass, the Virgen de Riégala is carried out in procession. The day continues with a countryside meal, folk dances and a raffle of alfiladas, and ends at night with a verbena (open-air dance). It lasts four days, from Saturday to Tuesday, the day the bollo preñao is eaten, and it is declared of regional tourist interest.

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