On Monday, August 10, Saint Lawrence Day, the ‘María Castaña’ Neighborhood Association of Cereixa, in collaboration with the City Council of A Pobra do Brollón, celebrates the feast of Saint Lawrence in a special way adapted to the health circumstances.
The festival has been celebrated for five years in a pilgrimage format, since in 2016 the tradition of carrying the image of San Lorenzo from the church of Cereixa to the castro was revived every August 10th.
The recovery of this tradition is being carried out within the framework of the community archaeology project in the castro, thanks to which a Roman building linked to the mining past of the area was discovered, as well as the remains of a medieval church and necropolis, where archaeological work is currently focused.
Precisely the medieval ruins will be the original setting for the concert by Laura LaMontagne and PicoAmperio, the central event of the 2020 edition of the festival, which will be a reduced format in time and with limited tickets.
An evening that begins with María Castaña and ends with the tears of San Lorenzo
The festival will begin at seven in the afternoon with a guided walk from the center of Cereixa to the Castro, following the route that the pilgrimage procession took in previous years. It will be a route through the intimate and universal stories of the parish's inhabitants throughout history, including the revolutionary character María Castaña.
Once up at the fort, after a break to cool off, the concert by Laura LaMontagne and PicoAmperio will begin. The location of the performance, in the medieval sector of the fort's croa, is ideal for the musical and sensational adventure that the mix of hip hop, environmental abstraction, medieval folklore and Indian sensibility that the music of the duo from Lugo contains provokes in the audience.
The evening will end around midnight with an astronomical observation led by an expert from the Ourense Astronomy Association, taking advantage of the absence of light pollution in the place and the particularly favorable time to observe the ‘tears of Saint Lawrence’ shooting stars.
Ticket sales
Tickets to attend cost twenty euros, which are entirely intended to cover the costs of the event. The price includes a pregnant or vegan cake, and a bracelet as an entry and also as a souvenir of this very special edition.
The organization asks for the collaboration of attendees by bringing a chair or hammock, which the organizers will place as seats for the concert. They also encourage people to bring a glass for their drinks to reduce waste.
Tickets are on sale at the O Fogón restaurant in Cereixa. For more information, please call 650 624 828.
