Romeria de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Galicia, Spain

Candles are burnt outside the church in honour of their patron saint Santa Marta, in Galicia northern Spain. Wax figurines or wax mouldings of parts of the body are left in the hope that Santa Marta will cure the ailment from which the parishoner suffers. (e.g. in this case their legs)

Ailment Associations Brotherhood Brotherhoods Burnt Cure Figurines Fraternities Galicia Hermandad Marta Mouldings Patron Penance Piety Processions Ribarteme Romeria Suffers

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