Pilgrimage to El Rocío, Spain for Pentecost feast

For members of the 124 brotherhoods who form the core of the pilgrimage to El Rocío, the process of getting to and from the feast is as important as the destination. Rocieros, as the pilgrims call themselves, spend at least a day or two traveling, on horseback or in horse-, mule-, or tractor-drawn wagons with fellow members of their brotherhood along one of four dedicated pathways through the countryside and forest. Brotherhoods travel in specific order so that they can arrive in town in the order of their founding. The wagon trains are a sight to see as they pass through the forests, bedecked for the feast. When they arrive in El Rocío, the brotherhoods present their simpecado, an embroidered banner with the image of the Virgin in its center, at the doors of the sanctuary church. The simpecado travels on its own elaborately decorated carriage drawn by oxen or horses. Learn more: https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/... This video is part of Catholics & Cultures, an initiative of the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Visit http://www.catholicsandcultures.org.