Friday, June 16, 2006
Buenavista del Norte Festival in Salt and Flowers
Buenavista del Norte this weekend expects to be covered in a record number of traditional carpets for their annual Corpus Cristi celebrations. A total of sixteen carpets will be made around the center of the town by various social and cultural groups, as well as one made by the town hall itself.
The alfombristas (carpet makers) will start work on them on Saturday night, or better, in the early hours of Sunday morning so that they are ready for Sunday's religious events.
The town hall is providing 3,000 kilos of salt, a large quantity of flowers and plant material, as well as the dyes and colorings necessary to colour the salt. They are going to be serving food and drink to the workers.
Events culminate in Buenavista at 6 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, with mass and the procession of the Corpus in the Church of Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios and in the customary surrounding streets. 
In the village of El Palmar also, inhabitants of this unique district will also make carpets around the church of La Consolación. This time, also made of salt and in addition, from vegetable products from the fertile cultivated lands around the valley.
Buenavista del Norte registrará este fin de semana un record de participación en la confección de las alfombras del Corpus
