Festival of the Virgin of Carmen Video

Festival Location: Tenerife, Spain

Festival Type: Religious Events

Join the heaving throngs of devotees at the Festival of the Virgin of Carmen (the Patron Saint of Fisherman), held annually all over Spain and parts of Central and Southern America.

At Puerto de la Cruz on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, thousands pay witness to the statue of the Virgin of Carmen along with a likeness of Saint Telmo as they make their journey from the local chapel to the fishing harbour. A fanfare announces their arrival at the waterfront from where they are taken to a decorated boat and sailed along the coast.