La Mare de Deu de la Salut (Virgin of Health)
At my town, once a year, we celebrate the finding of an icon of the mother of our Lord inside a mulberry tree.We have diverse dances that people of all ages represent in the streets in procession, including the mysteries, which are representations of biblical moments such as Isaac's sacrifice.The first image is a muixeranga, which is a several feet tall human tower, with a kid at the top. The second image are the tornejants, who where the ones that protected the icon before, but are now a dance. There is this moment in their dance where they throw a their "sword" in the air and have to catch it back before it falls. The third and final image is the Saint Mary image, la Mare de Deu de la Salut, in valencian.
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