Fiesta de la virgen de La Guía en Llanes
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The fishing town of Llanes celebrates the feast of the Virgin of La Guía, whose hermitage has now presided over the same devotion for five hundred years. Declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, it opens with the Day of the Bollu: a visit to Cué with a bagpipe band, the unveiling of the programme and a large parade through the town centre with several bagpipe groups.
On the 7th comes the novena, followed by a night procession and an open-air dance. On the main day, 8 September, a solemn mass leads into a procession around the hermitage featuring the traditional Dance of the Arches, one of the festival's most distinctive moments. A shared meal and a countryside gathering follow at the La Guía field, with music running into the night.
A folk and float parade, starting from the Peña Tú school and accompanied by several bagpipe bands, rounds off a programme that blends devotion and celebration in one of eastern Asturias's most iconic corners.
