Feast of the Virgin of the Candelaria 2017 Puno Peru

One of the first activities of the ensembles participating in the patron saint's festival of La Virgen de la Candelaria is the mass of beginning of rehearsals.

The mass of beginning of tests

 Is a mass dedicated in honor to the Virgin of the Candelaria for the health of the members of the set, sympathizers and followers. The mass is held in the sanctuary of the virgin in the San Juan church of the city of Puno located in the Pino Park, the assembly members, the board of directors, the dancers, sympathizers and the public in general, the patron saint of the Virgen de la Candelaria is a demonstration of faith and devotion to the Virgin both in the countryside as in the city of Puno, in the countryside, in the provinces that participate with indigenous dances of the Puno region and those of the city that participate with Dances of lightsuits, for the following year 95 autochthonous dances and 85 dances of light costumes, Faith and devotion is born to ask the Virgin a Miracle with the condition of dancing three years in a row in her party, there have been several True cases that every year the number of devotees to the Virgin increases in both the city of Puno and of visitors. In this case we will speak of the whole La Morenada Laykakota of the neighborhood Laykakota of the city of Puno, is a great and prestigious group that Performed the mass of the beginning of rehearsals on Saturday December 17, 2016, at 4 pm. In the sanctuary of the Virgin. The assembly has its Virgin and takes it to the church were present the alferados, the board of directors, participants, dancers and devotees of the Virgin, received the Eucharist with faith and devotion which moves to make this great feast of La Virgencita de The Candelaria as he is affectionately told. Then, when they left the church, they made a veneration with the well-known retrets of the bands of musicians who accompanied the group, started with the bullseye, then their retreat and later to dance the virgin. The dancers demonstrate their devotion through dance around the entire Pino Park, with burning artificial games prepared for the occasion, and start a pasacalle through the main streets of the city of Puno, going to your local to celebrate this beginning of Activities for February 2 making a calendar the dates of the rehearsals until the party and achieve a good presentation of the ensemble, the bands of musicians who accompanied this prestigious ensembles are the band Union Majestad and the band Super Impact bands of musicians of Recognized national and international local trajectory. This is how the groups prepare to participate in the Festival of the Virgencita de la Candelaria on February 2, 2017