"The Chinita FAIR
La Feria de la Chinita is the name of a holiday with religious origins that takes place every year for three days, from 17 to 19 November inthe Venezuelan city of Maracaibo and spreads to other parts ofZulia State. In this celebration commemorates the miracle of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, who is the patron of Zulia State and whose celebration is observed by the Holy Catholic Church every November 18.
La Feria de la Chinita is the name of a holiday with religious origins that takes place every year for three days, from 17 to 19 November inthe Venezuelan city of Maracaibo and spreads to other parts ofZulia State. In this celebration commemorates the miracle of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, who is the patron of Zulia State and whose celebration is observed by the Holy Catholic Church every November 18.
Tradition relates that, on the shores of Lake Maracaiboappeared a board he found an old woman who took her home.Trancurridos few days, November 18, 1709, the old womanheard several knocks on the wall of his house on which was hunga small table. At first ignored these blows, but as they wereincreasingly insistent, decided to approach the place from whence came the shock and realized that on the surface of the tablet had appeared the image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá andshe sprang from bright light. Given this phenomenon, the old woman went out and started shouting: "Miracle, miracle."
YEAR 1709
YEAR 2011
Then he began to be celebrated annually appearance, and the party took the name of La Chinita Fair, along which are oftenrunning in the exterior of the Basilica of bagpipes bagpipes Zulia, a musical genre native of Zulia whose letters generally expressed devotion and pays homage to the Virgin. In the early sixties of the twentiethcentury, the Fair has grown from a traditional festival to become anational holiday, and began to acquire an international.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAGPIPE ENCOUNTERS LA GREY ZULIANA by RicardoCepeda is a beautiful song that identifies the Zulia
En todo tiempo cuando a la
calle sales, mi reina,
tu pueblo amado te ha
confundido en un solo amor,
amor inmenso, glorioso,
excelso, sublime y tierno,
amor celeste divinizado hacia
tu bondad.
Madre mía, si el gobierno
no ayuda al pueblo zuliano,
tendréis que meter la mano
y mandarlo pa'l infierno. (Bis)
La grey zuliana cual rosario popular
de rodillas va a implorar a su patrona,
y una montaña de oraciones quiere dar
esta gaita magistral que el saladillo la entona. (Bis)
Tu pueblo te pide ahora
madre mía, lo ayudéis
y que fortuna le deis,
con mucho amor te lo implora. (Bis)
La grey zuliana...
Acabaron con la plata
y se echaron a reír,
pero les puede salir
el tiro por la culata. (Bis)
La grey zuliana...
Maracaibo ha dando tanto
que debiera de tener
carreteras a granel
con morocotas de canto. (Bis)
La grey zuliana...
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