Festivities of el Niño Jesús de Mula Activity · Mula, Río Mula, Murcia Image of Mula, not of the place itself. Festival of Mula commemorating the supposed apparition of the Infant Jesus to the shepherd friar Pedro de Jesús Botía in 1648. The image descends from its sanctuary on 8 September, and the bulk of the festival is concentrated between the 19th and the 25th: on the 21st, feast day of the Infant Jesus, there are religious services and an evening procession; on the 22nd a pilgrimage returns the image to its sanctuary, with an open-air meal; on the 23rd the patroness, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is celebrated, and on the 25th San Felipe Mártir. 8-25 de septiembre Photo: LauSalOrc40 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Mula