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During the day, Archena carpets decorate the streets with salt and paper to celebrate tomorrow the day of Corpus Christi.
Archena is one of the few Spanish cities, and the only in the region of Murcia, who still celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday.
It was a bull of Pope St. Pius X, enacted in 1910, which allowed the celebration of Corpus Christi on Thursday will be maintained by the landlord of the municipality.
In recent weeks the parish communities of San Juan Bautista and Corpus Christi-La Purisima been working intensively on the development of carpets, in the previous work done with paper.
This afternoon the streets where the procession pass to mount carpets, a job that she also associations, guilds and some festive involve groups will be cut.
"He who does a carpet, prepares an altar;
archeneros all are involved in the preparations to honor their patron, "says the pastor of San Juan Bautista, Alfonso Albuquerque.
On Thursday, at 19:00 pm, will begin the celebration of the Eucharist in the square of the parish of San Juan Bautista, chaired by the Bishop of Cartagena, and will begin at the end of the Corpus Christi procession through the streets of Murcia, until reach the parish that bears his name.
During the tour, the Blessed go on over a dozen rugs paper and salt and stop in front of a dozen altars.
As is tradition, the patron saint of Murcia, the Virgin of Health, is these days in the village.
On Sunday, the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, abandoned chapel in the spa to spend these days of celebrations among archeneros.
On Monday June 8 quinario will start in his honor in the parish of San Juan Bautista;
Friday, day 12, will move in procession to the parish of Corpus Christi;
and that Sunday will return again on pilgrimage to the spa.
Source: Obispado de Cartagena
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