Every year, on July 29, in the Spanish town of Las Nieves, located in the north-west of the country, in Galicia, is celebrated a holiday called the Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme or "march of survivors".
A celebration is for those people who have had a near death experience in the previous year. The main attribute for the participants is the coffin. The participants of the procession lie in coffins, which are then carried on the shoulders of their relatives and friends around the Church of Saint Marta de Ribarteme. People who don’t have any family can also attend the ceremony, but they have to carry their own coffins.
Procession led by priests with a large statue of the Virgin Santa Marta, the patron of the town, revered as "the holy of death." The lucky survivors thank and praise God for being alive. Procession ends with the church service.
It should be noted that the event is not so sorrowful. During the procession street vendors tend to sell everything connected with church: from plastic angels to candlesticks with image of the last supper. They are competing with food sellers offering local delicacy – octopus cooked in huge copper kettles. Not all of merry men are lucky to be born twice, but none of the former pilgrims will forget this special day.
The authorities of Palma, the capital of Spanish Majorca, will limit the sale of alcohol in the summer season so that drunk bad-tempered tourists could not flood the city.
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The bench itself is usual; however, the place where it is located is verily divine. It creates incredibly magical environment on the rocky seashore Loiba La Coruña where one may savor the majesty of blue abyss.
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