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Among the many traditions preserved in Moj\u00e1car\u2019s patron saint festivities, the Taking up of the Water and the Floral Offering is one of the oldest and most deeply rooted among the locality\u2019s residents..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Centuries old, the Taking up of the Water brings together up to four generations and there are increasingly children, young people, residents in general and visitors who join in with this tradition.
\nWhether it is carried in the pitchers that the women of Moj\u00e1car carry on their heads, the custom has been maintained over time to thank their Patron Saint for the blessing of water and a fountain that has never lost its water or its powerful glow, giving life and sustenance to the population.
\nA unique event where the people of Moj\u00e1car, dressed in the typical costume of the locality or in frilled dresses, pay homage to the water, which goes up from the Moj\u00e1car fountain to the Santa Mar\u00eda Parish Church for its blessing, following the route that in yesteryear the Moj\u00e1car women used to take water to their homes.
\nOpening the walk up, the Festivites Queen, Iris Fern\u00e1ndez, accompanied by her ladies: Laura Rayza, Mar\u00eda Flores and Luz Riveiro, followed by the locality\u2019s mayor, Francisco Garc\u00eda Cerd\u00e1, and the members of his government team. Following them, a colourful and numerous procession.
\nEvery year there are more visitors and tourists who join the residents of Moj\u00e1car, forming along the entire climb to the Church Square, a joyous and mass procession of flowers and pitchers, accompanied by the Municipal Music Band.
\nAt the door of the Santa Mar\u00eda Parish Church, a fortress church built in the 16th century on the remains of an old mosque, the parish priest awaited them, who after blessing everyone, proceeded to celebrate Holy Mass, but not before decorating the altar with the floral offerings also offered by the faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the many traditions preserved in Moj\u00e1car\u2019s patron saint festivities, the Taking up of the Water and the Floral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}