Overview
- The festival’s main day featured liturgical ceremonies, a solemn midday mass and a public procession in honor of Santa Ana that drew hundreds of residents and visitors.
- Organizers staged a traditional gift-giving to the parish’s elders after the procession, a widely applauded moment that highlighted intergenerational respect in the community.
- Local bands provided continuous musical accompaniment, including morning pasacalles and evening verbenas led by orchestras such as Orquesta Miramar and La Banda de Ayer.
- The program continues through the festival’s closing days with children’s workshops, a sardiñada for hermandad members, youth-run cucañas and nightly verbenas by Los Satélites and Kubo.
- Vigo’s mayor attended the celebrations and municipal presence combined with sustained public turnout to reinforce the event’s civic and cultural importance to Beade.