Yesterday, Our Lady the Virgin of the Snow achieved a miracle in days of heat and drought: La Torre regained the joy and will to live that mark it to unite its protector, after two long years. After where the pandemic took away one of the deepest roots of all the alist.
Vespers maintained the tradition of Wiggles. The half-hour prayer that was needed to convince the party body and soul, during the days of so many joys.
The bagpipes and drums of the Alistaa folk group “Mantios y Monteres” were playing and hope was reborn: a vibrant retinue of festajeros was touring the streets with neighbors and migrants of all ages, ready to open the doors. For the nougat party. Simple dances and lively tunes and sounds of jota, bagpipes and dlazana temper the flavor of any self-respecting Elistano celebration: the typical Elistano Hornazzo, a savory dish with flavors of bacon and sausage combined in the heat of a wood oven. Mobile Disco La Rave was in charge of animating the nightlife.
And the most awaited day has arrived. The bronze bells of the parish churches of San Julian and Santa Basilisa broke the sound of silence with their heavenly beat, and the men and women of La Torre dressed in their best to attend the Holy Mass, taking Our Lady in procession came to go. Virgen de las Nieves through the streets of the city. Kids, youth and adults alike didn’t want to miss out on this big event. After participating in religious acts, the neighborhood enjoyed vermouth and best of folklore with Pobladura’s group “Ares de Aliste”, who also performed their own music and dance in the afternoon. Performed by the Spider group at the popular Night Festival.
Today, Saturday, morning collectives, dances and acts with vermouth will continue. Kids will be the heroes throughout the afternoon, with a playground, tourist train, and foam party. The last popular action in La Torre, the dance of the night is so famous and crowded, it will come with a performance of the “Superstar” Orchestra’s Aliste River at one o’clock in the morning.
There will still be four more days of activities in the festivities: tomorrow, Sunday, there will be a parade, performances and a meeting of bagpipers with a taste of sangria and for all those involved to play in La Torre and enjoy the bagpipes of the falls. Will be Already on Monday a good breakfast will be served for all the children. There will be a film session on Monday.
The Solidarity and Community Act will take place on Tuesday when at 8:30 a.m. volunteers set out on the grounds to rid the mountain of all kinds of garbage: bottles and plastics exposed after passing through part of the Sierra fire. Culebra period.
A philanthropic act that will have a nice Hornazzo dinner for all in the old fashioned way of councils. The festivities will culminate on Wednesday, August 10, leaving the best taste in the mouth with the traditional meat-based stew alistana veal. With potatoes.
The Torre d’Aliste will regain the practice of appointing a Festival Commission which will be in charge of organizing the celebrations by 2023. It is a tradition that was lost in 2020 and 2021 as the festival could not be held due to the global health crisis pandemic.
The orchestra was contracted for the first time at La Torre, with “Los Nuestro” by Ferruela de Tabara and “Los Copapels” by Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, the latter for 10,500 pesetas over two days.
The turning point came in the 1980s when the group Dragoons d’Asturias began to create a sensation in La Torre. Since then, the La Torre festival has become a landmark for young Elastanos, and orchestras and groups of the stature of Apache, Paradise, Amistad, Canada, Ocean, Stranos, Future and Canon have passed through.
