Thousands of pilgrims and faithful accompany the Virgin of the Sierra de Cabra in her traditional “Baja”

Dressed in an ancient cloak of gold and brocade, the patron saint of Cabra left the sanctuary of 4pm on September 4th as tradition dictates and to establish this kind of magical moment of communion with its inhabitants and the fervor that it arouses in many neighboring towns.

In a good temperature, without ignoring the heat of the afternoon and the dust of the path, its porters and those who pull their small stretchers with long ropes located at the bottom of the image, began the path quickly and with a certain density of pilgrims near the pass. More than in other years.

Crowds of all ages have been gathering since early in the morning around “La Casita Blanca”, where the Virgin of the Sierra has her seat all year round. A coming and going of buses, since traffic is usually cut off to avoid crowds on the road and around the hermitage, which on this occasion had a few incident that caused hundreds of people who were going up had to be taken down from the vehicles in the area of the Nava to complete the path on foot.

However, the setback did not prevent the images of bucolic and religiosity around the patron saint of Cabra during her descent through the first curves of the Sierra (1,236 meters above sea level) and the entrance to the road that crosses the farm The Viñuela continue completing the stations, traditional terminals, songs and stops at Los Colchones, Casilla de la Salve, Góngora and now the crossing of the old oil railway, on the current Vía Verde de la Subbética, which connects the urban area and the surroundings of the Infanta Margarita hospital.

The long journey to his town stops along the way in the parish of ‘Gargallo’ where his rubbish is cleaned and his coat is changed to begin there a parade towards the centre of Cabra, already surrounded by the whole municipality and the colorful paper flower floats and dozens of horsemen.

The climax is reached upon arrival at Arcos, on Baena Street, where the mayor, Fernando Priegohands over the baton of command of perpetual Mayor that she is and directs her slow path towards the parish of Asunción y Ángeles, in the oldest part of the city, where she will remain until the first days of October.