Todays Holiday Fiesta of the Black St. Benito This fiesta is celebrated by a number of locales in the state of Zulia, Venezuela, and is especially popular in Bobures. After early morning mass, the chimbángueles, or vassals of the saint, put St. Benitos statue on a litter and surround it with flowers. They then carry it through the streets while performing an unusual bouncing kind of dance, in which they continually move forward and backward to the accompaniment of seven drums. Throughout the long procession, St. Benitos image is sprinkled with perfumes and presented with drinks of homemade whiskey. Now Thats my kind of street party :-)
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:25:22 +0000
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