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St. Mark's Day

St. Mark's Day is held on April 25. This event in the third decade of the month April is annual. Help us Help us 
25 April - St. Mark's Day
April 25 is an important day for Cuevas de San Marcos as it celebrates the feast of the patron saint of the town, San Marcos, a very important day in which the activities in his honor begin a few days before.
On April 25, the residents of many villages in Granada celebrate the feast of San Marcos, a saint who is considered the protector of livestock. The Alpujarra town of Albuñol celebrates the day of San Marcos. On April 25, an image of San Marcos is carried in procession by the women of the town, from the Hermitage of San Marcos to the central streets of the town, where a popular meal is held afterwards. The route is also a pilgrimage, and is accompanied by blessed livestock.
It is a tradition to go out to the countryside and eat the typical hornazo, made of oil bread, sugar and an egg in the center.
April 25 is the day of the patron saint of the neighborhood of Belicena. A fair is set up with the typical booths and some children's attractions. The Alpujarra village of Cherín also celebrates San Marcos, with a procession, distribution of donuts and blessing of the fields.
On April 25 the day of San Marcos is celebrated in Dílar. It is a tradition to go to the river and take a hornazo, bread made of oil with a boiled egg inside. It is customary in Dílar, to break the egg on the forehead of some clueless companion, this is known as "tying the devil".
Every April 25 Fuente Vaqueros celebrates the pilgrimage of San Marcos, a day where the inhabitants of the village go to the poplar groves of the Rivera del Río Genil, Sierra Elvira or Cubillas Swamp to spend the day surrounded by friends and family.

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