{"id":8495,"date":"2018-10-05T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2018-10-05T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:42:48","slug":"mojacar-preparations-virgen-del-rosario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/mojacar-preparations-virgen-del-rosario\/","title":{"rendered":"Moj\u00e1car makes Fiesta Preparations to honour their Patron Saint,Virgen del Rosario."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Fiesta preparations are well underway in Moj\u00e1car to honour their Patron, Saint Virgen del Rosario.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The event will take place on the 6th, 7th and 8th of October, with the official programme getting off to a start on Saturday at 6 p.m. with the Indalo Dance Show, which is free to the public and will be held on the Plaza Nueva in the Pueblo. The song and dance show, which is suitable for all ages, is being put on by the French Dance Association, CDA 31, with 50 dancers, singers plus their light and sound team taking part.<br \/>\nAs is customary on the actual Patron Saint\u2019s Day, there will be a Holy Mass at 11.30 a.m. on the Sunday in Moj\u00e1car\u2019s Santa Mar\u00eda Parish Church, officiated by the priest, Miguel Esteban Jerez, with a performance by the soprano Svetlana Alina Polushina and pianist, Esther Pe\u00f1a.  Afterwards, the image of the Virgen del Rosario will be carried around the Pueblo streets followed by various officials and numerous local people who always follow the procession along with the town\u2019s Band.<br \/>\nSunday afternoon is a highlight for many, with the traditional ribbon horseback runs for any couples who wish to participate, whatever their status, keeping alive this centuries old Mojaquera tradition. The event always provides plenty of fun for those competing as well as for the many spectators, with the Band stepping in again to entertain. It all takes place at La Fuente in the Pueblo at 5.30 p.m. with participants gathering to get prepared with their ribbons and horses at their posts at 5 p.m.<br \/>\nMonday October 8th is the day for the seniors of the town, when the local Council will hold a special tribute for them with a party at 2 p.m. at the Marina Playa Hotel. (Tickets are essential for this).<br \/>\nThe final Patron Saint Fiesta event is a treat especially for the youngsters, with a showing of the funny movie \u201cCig\u00fce\u00f1as\u201d at 7 p.m. at the Centro de Usos M\u00faltiples. Admission is free, which includes some \u2018movie essential\u2019 popcorn for all the children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiesta preparations are well underway in Moj\u00e1car to honour their Patron, Saint Virgen del Rosario. The event will take place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8479,"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":[34,32,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495","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=8495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}