Program of Festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary in Matet

Year 2022

It celebrates: From 1st October to 2nd October

Place: Matet (Castellón)

Festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary, and fast painting competition. With religious acts, parades and games for children and not so children.

Program of Festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary in Matet

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Festivities in honour of the Virgin of the Rosary 2022, and fast painting competition

Saturday 1st October

6TH FAST PAINTING COMPETITION
12:00 h. GENERAL BELL ROLLING and firing of rockets to announce the start of the Fiestas in honour of Our Lady the Virgin of the Rosary.
18:00 h. Exhibition of the Matet Family Tree in the polyfunctional hall.
20:00 h. Recitation of the Holy Rosary through the streets of the village.
21:30 h. SOBAQUILLO DINNER in the church square followed by BINGO.
24:00 h. Disco.
Serenade for the elderly.

Sunday 2nd October

9:00 h. Preparation and preparation by the Association of Our Lady of the Virgin of the Rosary, of the famous and much desired "Arròs amb Fesols i Naps" (rice with beans and nuts).
11:00 h. Pick up of the members of the Virgen del Rosario Cultural Association and start of the parade to attend the Holy Mass.
11:30 h. Solemn Eucharist in the Parish Church in honour of Our Lady the Virgin of the Rosary. A firework will be fired at the exit.
14:30 h. Everybody to eat.
16:00 h. Games for children and not-so-children will begin; trenca de perols, egg race, apple dance, chair dance, etc.

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