Romeria de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Galicia, Spain

Beatriz Rodriguez Lobato is carried from the church in a coffin in the parish of Santa Marta de Ribaterme, in Galicia northern Spain. Her ten year old son was diagnosed as having lymph cancer four years ago and is now completely cured. As custom dictates as his recovery was seen to be an act of God his mother is carried in a coffin around the parish by her mother, brother and 2 cousins on the Saints day of Santa Marta - as is the custom in the tiny village on the 29th July every year

Associations Beatriz Brotherhood Brotherhoods Cancer Completely Cousins Cured Custom Diagnosed Dictates Fraternities Galicia Hermandad Lymph Marta Penance Piety Processions Recovery Ribarteme Ribaterme Romeria Tiny

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