(Photos from last year)
Today, April 25 is celebrated Feast of St. Mark, patron of my people, Cuevas de San Marcos. I want to allude to this legend and include a final comment by way of participation in this day, I can not stay in the village at this time.
"Tradition says that at the time of the Reconquista, the devil himself lived in the Cave of Belda, an enclave in which Neolithic remains have been found amid fears of its inhabitants, interpreted as anger that the devil rays and sulfur were showed the cavity. It is said that a group of Christian knights spent the night near the cave, located near the Camino Real then, linking the town Antequera Cordoba Rute, in possession at the time of the Arabs. After a surprise encounter with the devil of all, the soldiers asked for help to Governor Fernando de Antequera, who sent a friar to conjure the evil presence. The priest failed in all his exorcisms, because the devil answered him with all her wiles until the pious monk took the cross and, shouting "this cross I'll tie" tied him to the ground with a plant mage jara , meaning that the devil was defeated and was tied at the foot of the cross. Since then, the town was a haven of peace, so that its inhabitants decided to repeat the gesture every year on the feast of San Marcos. The town of Belda was renamed after the Reconquista by this name because the mountain where the cave is the Arab fortress shaped like a lion, a traditional symbol of the evangelist. "
Bridging the gap to one, from the right, to swallow such a story, this is a legend that adorns the day of the pattern of Cuevas de San Marcos, my hometown. This leads to the tradition of binding the devil in a procession that is held on this date, going from town to the reservoir of Iznajar, where you eat and drink to celebrate the festival. Many people, during the journey, going by the jaramagos knots at the same time he recites a short prayer to exorcise the devil.
This year I have not gone, but I know that my friends and acquaintances now go party and cronyism, so I take my blog to send you a hug and wish to have a good time, without excesses., Tasting and sharing the food they have prepared for the event. Last year I made some pictures. Left a serious and other criticism, to show the diversity of opinion is before the pilgrimage with a little humor ...
on the legend should be framed in the persuasive use religions make these issues and attempt to influence and control any event pagan celebration of spring. The final message is that the spring when the fruit blossoms that gives life, he finds weeds, hedge mustard, which pollute and compromise their good harvest. That ability, typical of religions, they carried with it the wheat symbolizing the bread of life threatened by the arugula, diabolical plant that challenges the crop ... The good and evil struggle. And this symbolism again catch us in that game and his holy religion, everywhere in the evolution of nature and the ecosystem ... Take away therefore the natural role in life to introduce the role of religious belief variable ... Another good reason for reflection.
Bridging the gap to one, from the right, to swallow such a story, this is a legend that adorns the day of the pattern of Cuevas de San Marcos, my hometown. This leads to the tradition of binding the devil in a procession that is held on this date, going from town to the reservoir of Iznajar, where you eat and drink to celebrate the festival. Many people, during the journey, going by the jaramagos knots at the same time he recites a short prayer to exorcise the devil.
This year I have not gone, but I know that my friends and acquaintances now go party and cronyism, so I take my blog to send you a hug and wish to have a good time, without excesses., Tasting and sharing the food they have prepared for the event. Last year I made some pictures. Left a serious and other criticism, to show the diversity of opinion is before the pilgrimage with a little humor ...
on the legend should be framed in the persuasive use religions make these issues and attempt to influence and control any event pagan celebration of spring. The final message is that the spring when the fruit blossoms that gives life, he finds weeds, hedge mustard, which pollute and compromise their good harvest. That ability, typical of religions, they carried with it the wheat symbolizing the bread of life threatened by the arugula, diabolical plant that challenges the crop ... The good and evil struggle. And this symbolism again catch us in that game and his holy religion, everywhere in the evolution of nature and the ecosystem ... Take away therefore the natural role in life to introduce the role of religious belief variable ... Another good reason for reflection.
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