Bayaguana is preparing for his religious party

This town prepares to celebrate tomorrow, December 28, the largest cultural, folk and fun demonstration that records the religious history of the country, where parade through the main streets a herd of toretes, which are ofrendados to the sacred image of the Holy Christ of miracles.

Since yesterday began to arrive in Bayaguana hundreds of parishioners of almost nationwide and even foreigners each year joined in this magical holiday - religious, who are concentrated in hotels, cottages, family homes, in the vicinity of the ancient Sanctuary, in a House that bears the name of "The pilgrims of Christ", as well as in makeshift shacks made for the occasion.

Each year, for the time, Bayaguana is transformed, becomes the festive atmosphere which is predominantly Catholic and above all a revelry of much enthusiasm among families and friends who have a point here of u000ameeting.

Wenceslaus Rosario career, Commissioner mayor-mayor of Santo Cristo de los Milagros, says that the feast of the bulls is closely linked with the founding of Bayaguana, which dates from l606, when originated the devastations.

According to Rosario career, who inherited from his father Arcadius Rosario, the station mayor-mayor of the celebrations of the bulls of the Holy Christ of Bayaguana, these festivities in the antigu¨edad were commanded by his grandfather, Commissioner José Rosario, who remained for 67 years at the forefront of these devotions.

Act of faith
José Rosario was appointed by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to be at the forefront of the Commissioners and carry the responsibility of coordinating all the activities carried out in this community the 28 days of December each year.

"The feast of the Holy Christ of miracles, annually increases, more sectors of society are integrated and envelope" u000a"all the youth, which in recent years has been integrated with much enthusiasm, which has greatly encouraged the Church to continue to work every day for these cultural and folk traditions", argues Rosario.

Omnelina Rosario Alarcón, daughter of Wenceslaus Rosario mayor-mayor Commissioner, is that when they started the celebrations of the holiday to Christ Bayaguana, contributions were goats and chickens, so the Church used the result of these sales on the commitments of the seminar.

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Hygiene and cleaning in the municipality
the cabildo de Bayaguana has developed an intense day of cleaning in the entire population using more than four hundred people, which have proceeded to beautify the main streets and the main neighborhoods with an investment of more than half a million pesos, thus activating the economy informal.

For years hundreds of faithful of almost nationwide u000amove to this community forming a large row of vehicles to witness a tradition that dates back over 300 years ago, they say people who share religion Catholic.

Municipal and church authorities together to welcome the visitors and the toretes in religious expression moved to this town in the Monte Plata province, with the aim of honoring Santo Cristo de los Milagros, which they consider one of their protectors.

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