Caravaca de La Cruz - "Los Caballos Del Vino"

"Los Caballos Del Vino"

Festiviti of Caballos del Vino is a celebration "Unique, unusual and passion" as defined by the writer Ballester on one of his books and is celebrated on 2 May. The horses came together to Moors and Christians, are the Fiestas de Caravaca de la Cruz are held from 1 to 5 May in honor of the patron saint of the village, the Blessed. and Vera Cruz de Caravaca.

The horses came from Caravaca de la Cruz, on May 2 was done with the streets of the city with its splendid robes embroidered in silk and gold, and the spectacular career of the horses came on the slope of the castle. The horses came roaring burst and annually in the spring of Caravaca, on May 2, opening wide the gates of the festival every year is dedicated to the Blessed. Cruz Caravaca, Murcia Northwest particular corner. A display of fantasy and symbolism. Cult given the strength, value, beauty and the senses. The origins of the festival are lost in the mists of time blending between history and legend. According to popular tradition, while the Templar fortress besieged by the Moors of Granada Caravaca, around 1250, and requiring the inhabitants of the same water to stock, as the cisterns were exhausted, a group of valiant Knights Templar crossed the Muslim site, with the risk that this entailed, and wineskins loading on the backs of their horses, unable to get water in Campillo de los Caballeros, back again, fast and spectacular race, to defeat the enemy siege to transport water Castle defense element, which already kept, from 1231, the relic of the Blessed. Cruz. Upon arrival they were greeted with jubilation therefore offering and sprucing women to young men and horses richly embroidered robes and bouquets of flowers, considering, in this way, heroes and saviors of the situation. Since the Middle Ages, more or less splendor, according to the times, has been held annually the anniversary. However, it is in S. XVIII, in full Baroque, is when the party begins to appear as such, and during the Romantic Decimónico playful when it reaches the structure it has today. The Celebration takes place during the morning of each Dos de Mayo, the eve of the Feast of the Cross, when Caravaca becomes the capital of joy, beauty and festive participation. Wine Horses begin at dawn with the washing and harnessing the horse, in over forty different locations in the city. Few spectators, most linked to the rocks or family have the privilege to attend the ceremony. In the early morning light group (formed by the horse and four horses), is preparing to recognize the streets within hours of the show will be the scenario. Fast runs and solemn presences begin to get followers who have not given up the rock around the passage of celebration.