The Procession: the great day of the Fiesta
Today. Friday 07/07/2006.
As every 7th of July, hundred of pamploneses waited in the streets to wave their exalted patron. The great day of the Fiesta makes that everybody put on one's Sunday best. Once again, the Consejo Square was full because everybody wanted to live one of the best moments in the Fiesta. The Santiago Chorus sings the jota, typical Navarre 's song, dedicated to San Fermín, and more than one cried for the emotion. The hands clapping resounded for the singers, the giants or Pamplona and their entourage, txistu players, buglers, drummers, macebearers, the council of the city, historic guilds… but overcoat the Saint. San Fermín, once again, was the star.
The streets of the old part of the city, were affidavit with people. Another important place in the procession is the “pocico of San Cernin” , the place where the first Christianise were baptised. The chorus of a famous gastronomic society called Napardi, sing a Basque honour song “Agur Jaunak”, while a child put flowers in the pedestal of the saint.
Next stop on the Main Street the spectators waited impatient. Oone hour and a half after the beginning of the Procession, once again the jota “Que hizo a San Fermín llorar” makes the hearts beat faster.
Finally, near twelve o'clock San Fermin came in to his “home”, San Lorenzo's Church, to celebrated a solemn mass in to his honour.
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The Procession in the Pocico of San Cernin |