People's parade, dance and music for dance complete the Day of Santa Tecla in Tarragona

Tarragona. Costa Dorada. The Day of Santa Tecla starts today September 23 from very early in the Plaza de la Fuente the Anada a ofici, the parade and the Greeting to the Senyera by municipal trumpeters, who will accompany it since entering at 9:15am the Pla de la Seu and along its route for the descent of carrer Misericordia, the c. Maggiore, pl. of Coles, tilll returning to the Pla de la Seu. Around noon castles, towers and columns will fill the Plaza de la Fuente with local groups typical of this festival: Xiquets Tarragona, Tarragona Xiquets Youth, Xiquets del Serallo and Castellers of St. Peter and St. Paul. Historically, it is the day when the groups will give us their best buildings. The exhibition will conclude with the traditional pillar on the balcony, which is climbed by the enxaneta. But it is clear that the festival continues. At 7pm the Pla de la Seu will host the procession of Santa Tecla, its arm and the third and final departure of the entire parade and groups of castles.   At Around 8 pm, at the threshold of the Cathedral. appears the holy tabernacle and the Musical Union Band will perform the March from Santa. The Chapel of the Cathedral, the clergy, representatives of sister cities and the Municipal Corporation, with escort of Macer and Police will accompany the procession, closing it by moving along the following streets Padre Iglesias, c. Merceria, Coles, Mayor, Rei, Santa Ana, forum (both sides of the square), Arc of St. Bernard, Granada and PL. San Antonio, finally returning to the Pla de la Seu. At approximately 9.15 pm, the Arm of Santa Tecla will enter the Pla. In returning the relic in the cathedral, there will be the open dance executed jointly as greeting to the Saint as each year and, from 00am at the Pl. de la Font, we say good bye to the Eve with the Zàping Orchestra, a band that everyone will dance with, at a full repertoire of current hits and soundtracks of our lives.

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